Table 1. Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics.
| Characteristics at index date | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Overall | 32 769 (100) |
| Age, y | |
| 50-59 | 10 874 (33.2) |
| 60-69 | 14 463 (44.1) |
| 70-75 | 7432 (22.7) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 16 929 (51.7) |
| Male | 15 840 (48.3) |
| Race | |
| Asian | 469 (1.4) |
| Black | 2092 (6.4) |
| White | 28 832 (88.0) |
| Unknown | 1376 (4.2) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 825 (2.5) |
| Non-Hispanic | 30 013 (91.6) |
| Unknown | 1931 (5.9) |
| Insurance type | |
| Commercial | 22 100 (67.4) |
| Medicaid | 1924 (5.9) |
| Medicare | 7760 (23.7) |
| Other | 524 (1.6) |
| Unknown | 461 (1.4) |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 10 949 (33.4) |
| Current | 7236 (22.1) |
| Not currently | 2161 (6.6) |
| Previously | 9802 (29.9) |
| Unknown | 2621 (8.0) |
| Up-to-date SBT | 5581 (17.0) |
| Index year | |
| 2017 | 8408 (25.7) |
| 2018 | 9738 (29.7) |
| 2019 | 11 729 (35.8) |
| 2020 | 2894 (8.8) |
| mt-sDNA index test | 13 597 (41.5) |
| CCI levels | |
| 0 | 18 648 (56.9) |
| 1-2 | 9792 (29.9) |
| 3-4 | 2927 (8.9) |
| ≥5 | 1402 (4.3) |
Abbreviations: CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; mt-sDNA, multitarget stool DNA; SBT, stool-based test.