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Table 2 Risk factors for advanced adenomatous polyps (AAP)

From: Short-term aspirin and statin chemoprophylaxis did not reduce the risk of developing advanced adenomatous polyps in Black patients

Variable

Number of patients

AAP on subsequent colonoscopy

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

No (n = 641)

Yes (n = 185)

T-test or Chi-squared

p-value

Odds ratio (95%CI)

p-value

Mean Age at First Colonoscopy

826

59.5 (SD 8.92)

59.8 (SD 7.9)

0.47

0.64

0.99 (0.96–1.02)

0.49

Body Mass Index

754

30.3 (SD 7.1)

31.1 (SD 7.5)

1.25

0.21

1.02 (0.99–1.05)

0.24

Never Smoker

249

204 (32.2%)

45 (24.5%)

1.04 (0.52–2.1)

0.91

Former Smoker

309

216 (34.1%)

93 (50.5%)

2.4 (1.4–4.4)

0.003

Current Smoker

260

214 (33.7%)

46 (25.0%)

Reference

Concomitant Aspirin and Statin

295

236 (52.0%)

59 (55.7%)

0.47

0.50

1.0 (0.65–1.7)

0.87

Aspirin or Statin or Neither

265

218 (48.0%)

47 (44.3%)

Reference