Research Article

Correlation between Colon Polyps and Metabolic Syndrome and HP Infection Status

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients in the polyp group and the control group.

VariablesControls ()Cases ()

Gender (male)239 (71.56)138 (86.79)0.0002
Family history of cancer (yes)77 (23.05)41 (25.79)0.5063
Age<0.0001
BMI0.0032
Waista0.0002
SBP<0.0001
DBP<0.0001
FPG4.85 (4.50, 5.20)5.07 (4.72, 5.44)<0.0001
TG1.39 (0.91, 2.11)1.72 (1.17, 2.42)0.0013
TC0.0441
HDL0.0032
LDLb0.0535
CEA1.43 (0.82, 2.13)1.64 (0.82, 2.52)0.0609
UA0.0044

Categorial variable, (%); continuous variable, (p25, p75). aData for two cases and six controls were unknown. bData for 12 cases were unknown.