Gallbladder Polyps Are Associated with Proximal Colon Polyps
Table 1
Comparison of baseline characteristics of study participants.
All
Any colon polyp
Proximal colon polyp
Distal colon polyp
()
Any polyp ()
No any polyp ()
value
Any proximal polyp ()
No any proximal polyp ()
value
Any distal polyp ()
No any distal polyp ()
value
(years)
<0.001
<0.001
0.584
Male, (%)
1776 (56.6)
920 (59)
856 (54)
0.003
322 (67)
1454 (55)
<0.001
718 (58)
1058 (56)
0.32
(kg/m2)
0.708
0.899
0.152
DM, (%)
143 (4.6)
82 (5)
61 (4)
0.054
26 (5)
117 (4)
0.328
66 (5)
77 (4)
0.105
(mg/dL)
0.068
<0.001
0.98
(mg/dL)
0.578
0.482
0.546
GB stone, (%)
212 (6.8)
123 (7.9)
89 (5.6)
0.01
43 (9.0)
169 (6.3)
0.037
95 (7.6)
117 (6.2)
0.113
GB polyp, (%)
512 (16.3)
266 (17.2)
246 (15.5)
0.217
102 (21.3)
410 (15.4)
0.002
205 (16.5)
307 (16.2)
0.851
Family history of CRC, (%)
180 (5.7)
105 (7)
76 (5)
0.018
32 (6.6)
149 (5.6)
0.361
86 (7)
94 (5)
0.022
SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; DM: diabetes mellitus; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; GB: gallbladder; CRC: colorectal cancer.
