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Table 1 Participant baseline characteristics by baseline colonoscopy outcome

From: Advanced neoplasia in Veterans at screening colonoscopy using the National Cancer Institute Risk Assessment Tool

Characteristic

All (N = 2934)

AN (N = 313)

No AN (N = 2621)

Chi-Square p-value

Age – years

 50-59

986 (33.6%)

58 (18.5%)

928 (35.4%)

p < 0.0001

 60-69

1398 (47.7%)

183 (58.5%)

1215 (46.4%)

 

 70-75

550 (18.8%)

72 (23.0%)

478 (18.2%)

 

Race

 White (Non-Hispanic)

2493 (85.0%)

273 (87.2%)

2220 (84.7%)

p = 0.29

 African-American (Non-Hispanic)

285 (9.7%)

22 (7.0%)

263 (10.0%)

 

 Hispanic

132 (4.5%)

14 (4.5%)

118 (4.5%)

 

 Asian-American

24 (0.8%)

4 (1.3%)

20 (0.8%)

 

Colorectal cancer in 1o relativea

 0 or unknown

2526 (86.1%)

256 (81.8%)

2270 (86.6%)

p = 0.02

 1

378 (12.9%)

50 (16.0%)

328 (12.5%)

 

 ≥ 2

30 (1.0%)

7 (2.2%)

23 (0.9%)

 

Vigorous exercise- hrs/wk

 0

1375 (46.9%)

168 (53.7%)

1207 (46.1%)

p = 0.01

 > 0-2

1370 (46.7%)

122 (39.0%)

1248 (47.6%)

 

 > 2-4

116 (4.0%)

18 (5.8%)

98 (3.7%)

 

 > 4

73 (2.5%)

5 (1.6%)

68 (2.6%)

 

Regular aspirin/NSAID use

 No

773 (26.4%)

81 (25.9%)

692 (24.6%)

p = 0.13

 Yes

1581 (53.9%)

157 (50.2%)

1424 (54.3%)

 

 Do not know

580 (19.8%)

75 (24.0%)

505 (19.3%)

 

Smoking –cigs/day

 0 Or Unknown

746 (25.4%)

80 (25.6%)

666 (25.4%)

p = 0.68

 1-10

402 (13.7%)

36 (11.5%)

366 (14.0%)

 

 11-20

826 (28.2%)

92 (29.4%)

734 (28.0%)

 

 > 20

960 (32.7%)

105 (33.6%)

855 (32.6%)

 

Vegetable intake -servings/week

  < 5

43 (1.5%)

3 (1.0%)

40 (1.5%)

p = 0.43

  ≥ 5

2891 (98.5%)

310 (99.0%)

2581 (98.5%)

 

BMI – kg/m2

 < 25

565 (19.3%)

65 (20.8%)

500 (19.1%)

p = 0.14

 ≥ 25 and < 30

1346 (45.9%)

127 (40.6%)

1219 (46.5%)

 

 ≥ 30

1023 (34.9%)

121 (38.7%)

902 (34.4%)

 
  1. Number of participants and prevalence are reported unless otherwise denoted. Participants are categorized by baseline colonoscopy outcome
  2. Abbreviations: No. Number, 1o First degree, hrs/wk. Hours per week, NSAID Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, cigs/day Cigarettes per day, BMI Body mass index, kg/m2 Kilograms per meter squared
  3. aParticipants with unknown family history of CRC or smoking status were assigned to the “0 family members affected” and “none” categories, respectively. Chi-squared tests were used to assess differences in prevalence between CRC cases and non-cases