Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer patients recruited to the National Study of Colorectal Cancer Genetics
Number of patients (%) | |
|---|---|
Total | 8722 |
Gender (male/female) | 5175 (59%):3547 (41%) |
Age at diagnosis (years) | |
<30 | 63 (0.1%) |
31–35 | 75 (0.8%) |
36–40 | 174 (2.0%) |
41–45 | 329 (3.8%) |
46–50 | 613 (7.0%) |
51–55 | 1234 (14.2%) |
56–60 | 1981 (22.7%) |
61–65 | 2316 (26.6%) |
66–69 | 1745 (20.0%) |
70+ | 192 (2.2%) |
Mean (SD), Median | 58.8 (8.4), 60 |
Ethnicity | |
Asian | 59 (0.7%) |
Bangladeshi | 1 (<0.1%) |
Black-African | 20 (0.2%) |
Black-Caribbean | 56 (0.7%) |
Black-Other | 8 (<0.1%) |
Indian | 69 (0.8%) |
Jewish-Ashkenazi | 18 (0.2%) |
Jewish-Sephardic | 1 (<0.1%) |
Pakistani | 13 (0.2%) |
White | 8477 (97.2%) |
Type of colorectal cancer | |
Colonic disease (ICD-9 153) | 5247 (60%) |
Ascending | 747 |
Hepatic flexure | 159 |
Splenic flexure | 178 |
Transverse colon | 391 |
Descending colon | 338 |
Sigmoid colon | 2337 |
Caecal | 1035 |
Other/not specified | 62 |
Rectal disease (ICD-9 154) | 3475 (40%) |
Recto-sigmoid junction | 509 |
Ampulla | 2962 |
Other/not specified | 4 |
