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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Endoscopic surveillance for colorectal cancer and its precursor lesions in Lynch syndrome; time for some policy shifts?

 

MLH1 (n = 133)

MSH2 (n = 107)

MSH6 (n = 180)

PMS2 (n = 76)

P-value

Sex (male)

61 (46%)

50 (47%)

71 (39%)

35 (46%)

0.542

Age (years)

52 (37–63)

50 (40–62)

53 (42–66)

55 (46–68)

0.036*

 Age LS diagnosis

34 (26–47)

35 (27–48)

41 (33–54)

48 (39–55)

< 0.001*

 Age first CRC

46 (12)

46 (13)

47 (12)

45 (13)

0.963

Lesions found during initial colonoscopy

 Non-advanced adenomas

23 (17%)

18 (17%)

39 (22%)

14 (18%)

0.698

 Advanced adenomas

3 (2%)

3 (3%)

6 (3%)

2 (3%)

0.980

 CRC

22 (17%)

9 (8%)

9 (5%)

5 (7%)

0.004*

Total surveillance period (years)

10 (5–19)

15 (5–19)

7 (4–13)

6 (2–10)

< 0.001*

 Performed colonoscopies

8 (4–13)

8 (4–13)

5 (3–8)

4 (2–6)

< 0.001*

 Surveillance interval (years)

1.7 (1.3–2.2)

1.9 (1.5–2.2)

2.0 (1.7–2.2)

2.0 (1.8–2.3)

0.007*

  1. Data are mean (SD) or median (IQR) and n (%). LS Lynch syndrome, CRC colorectal cancer. Advanced adenomas are defined as adenomas > 10 mm or with high-grade dysplasia. Non-advanced adenomas are adenomas < 10 mm and without high-grade dysplasia
  2. *Significant with p<0.05