Research Article
Immunochemical Fecal Occult Blood Test for Detection of Advanced Colonic Adenomas and Colorectal Cancer: Comparison with Colonoscopy Results
Table 2
Main indications for colonoscopy in the study population.
| Indications | (%) |
| Symptoms | 126 (42) | (i) Altered bowel habits | 49 (38.8) | Diarrhea | 27 (21.4) | Constipation | 19 (15) | Alternating bowel habit | 3 (2.4) | (ii) Abdominal pain | 28 (22.2) | (iii) Anemia | 16 (12.7) | (iv) Weight loss | 9 (7.2) | (v) More than one of the symptoms above | 16 (12.7) | (vi) Other symptoms | 12 (6.4) | Screening (high risk patients) | 47 (15.5) | (i) Inflammatory bowel disease | 19 (40.4) | (ii) Family history of CRC | 14 (29.8) | (iii) Previous G-FOBT + | 6 (12.8) | (iv) Others | 8 (17) | Surveillance | 115 (38) | (i) Personal history of CRC | 80 (69.6) | (ii) Polyps | 35 (30.4) | Others | 14 (4.5) | Total | 302 (100) |
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