Fatty Acids in Habitual Diet, Plasma Phospholipids, and Tumour and Normal Colonic Biopsies in Young Colorectal Cancer Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of the colorectal cancer patients (𝑛=65)^a.

	𝑛 (%)
Male	35 (54)
Age categories (years)
<40	12 (19)
40–49	30 (46)
50–54	23 (35)
BMI categories (kg/m^2)^b
<20.0	4 (6)
20.0–24.9	30 (46)
25.0–29.9	24 (37)
30.0+	7 (11)
Smoking status^c
Never	23 (37)
Ex and occasional	31 (50)
Current	8 (13)
Physical activity^c
Low	18 (29)
Middle	28 (45)
High	16 (26)
1st or 2nd degree family history of CRC	9 (14)
Duke’s stage
A	5 (8)
B	22 (34)
C	19 (29)
D	19 (29)

^a Abbreviationsare as follows: BMI: body mass index (kg/m²); CRC: colorectal cancer.
^bThree subjects had self-reported height and weight.
^cMissing value in three subjects (𝑛=62).