Research Article
Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Different Fecal Markers for the Detection of Precancerous and Cancerous Lesions of the Colorectum
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of the study population.
| Demographic data | All patients () | Control group () | Adenoma group () | Cancer group () |
| Female/male | 38/57 | 19/21 | 14/22 | 5/14 | Age (years) | 67 (21–92) | 67 (21–87) | 68 (51–81) | 65 (44–92) | Current smokers | 13 (13.7%) | 4 (10%) | 5 (13.9) | 4 (21.1) | Comorbidities | | | | | Hypertension | 54 (56.8%) | 23 (57.5%) | 22 (61.1%) | 9 (47.4%) | Diabetes mellitus | 21 (22.1%) | 7 (17.5%) | 8 (22.2%) | 6 (31.6%) | Hyperlipidaemia/hypercholesterinemia | 22 (23.2%) | 9 (22.5%) | 11 (30.6%) | 2 (10.5%) | Cardiovascular disease | 25 (26.3%) | 11 (27.5%) | 10 (27.7%) | 4 (21.1%) | Cerebrovascular disease | 13 (13.7%) | 6 (15%) | 4 (11.2%) | 3 (15.8%) | Hyper/hypothyroidism | 13 (13.7%) | 5 (12.5%) | 7 (19.4%) | 1 (5.3%) | Pulmonary disease | 6 (6.3%) | 4 (10%) | 2 (5.6%) | 0 | Gout | 11 (11.6%) | 5 (12.5%) | 5 (13.9%) | 3 (15.8%) | Autoimmune disease | 4 (4.2%) | 0 | 3 (8.3%) | 1 (5.3%) | Malignant disease (simultaneously) | 3 (3.2%) | 1 (2.5%) | 2 (5.6%) | 0 | Hepatitis (B, C) | 2 (2.1%) | 1 (2.5%) | 1 (2.8%) | 0 | Diverticulum | 24 (25.3%) | 11 (27.5%) | 10 (27.8%) | 3 (15.8%) | Haemorrhoids | 20 (21.1%) | 11 (27.5%) | 7 (19.4%) | 2 (10.5%) |
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