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Table 3 Characteristics of patients who had a colonoscopy

From: Outcomes from colonoscopy following referral from New Zealand general practice: a retrospective analysis

Characteristics

No CRC

Had CRC

p value

Overall

Age group

 30–49

1225

98.5%

19

1.5%

< 0.001

1244

 50–59

1335

96.7%

46

3.3%

 

1381

 60–69

1753

95.1%

90

4.9%

 

1843

 70+

2033

90.4%

217

9.6%

 

2250

Gender

 Female

3627

95.7%

163

4.3%

< 0.001

3790

 Male

2719

92.9%

209

7.1%

 

2928

Ethnicity

 Non-Māori

5710

94.5%

334

5.5%

0.904

6044

 Māori

636

94.4%

38

5.6%

 

674

Year

 2015

2207

95.3%

108

4.7%

0.056

2315

 2016

2095

93.7%

140

6.3%

 

2235

 2017

2044

94.3%

124

5.7%

 

2168

Direct colonoscopy

 No

2261

93.9%

148

6.1%

0.104

2409

 Yes

4085

94.8%

224

5.2%

 

4309

High referrer

 Low

2202

94.9%

119

5.1%

0.285

2321

 High

4144

94.2%

253

5.8%

 

4397

HSCan-GP

 No

5847

95.3%

286

4.7%

< 0.001

6133

 Yes

499

85.3%

86

14.7%

 

585

HSCan-hospital

 No

6154

94.9%

332

5.1%

< 0.001

6486

 Yes

192

82.8%

40

17.2%

 

232

Overall

6346

94.5%

372

5.5%

 

6718