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Table 1 Epidemiological characteristics and BMI in normal, advanced adenoma and CRC patients

From: Analysis of β-catenin association with obesity in African Americans with premalignant and malignant colorectal lesions

 

Normal

N = 32

Advanced Adenoma

N = 74

CRC

N = 46

P value

Age, median (IQR)

63 (55–75)

61 (56–64)

68 (53–76)

0.004

Male, n (%)

15 (47)

24 (57%)

24 (48)

0.8

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

26.1 (22.6–29.9)

29.5 (26.3–35.9)

29.3 (20.8–35.3)

0.3

Overweight, n (%)

15 (60)

32 (78)

20 (69)

0.3