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Table 1 Demographic, clinical and pathology features of SSA/P patients

From: Can the rate and location of sessile serrated polyps be part of colorectal Cancer disparity in African Americans?

AA Patients with SSPs

N = 252

Age mean, median (SD) (year)

57.6, 56.0 (9.0)

Female

136 (54%)

BMI

  < 25

35 (14%)

 25–30

97 (38%)

  > 30

120 (48%)

Reason for Colonoscopy

 Screening

134 (53%)

 Diagnostic

118 (47%)

Number of All Polyps

Specimen Number

604

 Single

82 (33%)

 Two

77 (30%)

  > 2

93 (37%)

Number of SSA/P

Specimen Number

338

 Single

190 (75%)

 Two

40 (16%)

  > 2

22 (9%)

SSA/P Site

 Right

37 (15%)

 Left

190 (75%)

 Bilateral

24 (9.5%)

 Unspecified

1 (0.5%)