Table 1 Primary indications for colonoscopy among all individuals

From: A retrospective study on colorectal lesion risk assessment in patients with early oesophagogastric cancer

Indications for colonoscopy

Early EGC (n = 170)

Controls (n = 238)

P

Screening age met (≥50 years)

63.00 (57.00, 67.50)

62.00 (56.00, 67.00)

0.173

Smoking

29 (17.06%)

27 (11.34%)

0.098

Alcohol

36 (21.18%)

43 (18.07%)

0.433

Obesity (BMI ≥ 28 kg/m²)

29.74 (28.69, 31.11)

29.92 ± 1.57

0.776

Family history of CRC

16 (9.41%)

11 (4.62%)

0.055

  1. EGC oesophagogastric cancer, BMI body mass index, CRC colorectal cancer.