Increasing prevalence of advanced colonic polyps in young patients undergoing colonoscopy in a referral academic hospital in Hong Kong

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2007; 13(28): 3873-3877
Published online Jul 28, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i28.3873

Table 1 Histology of polyps n (%)

	No. of polyps	No. of advanced polyps	No. of patients	No. of patients with advanced polyps
	(n = 1856)	(n = 613)	(n = 880)	(n = 376)
Villous component	196 (10.5)	196 (31.9)	148 (18.8)	148 (39.3)
Villous	34 (1.8)	34 (5.5)	23 (2.6)	23 (6.1)
Tubulovillous	162 (8.7)	162 (26.4)	125 (14.2)	125 (33.2)
Tubular	1014 (54.6)	416 (67.9)	485 (55.1)	227 (60.4)
Flat adenoma	5 (0.3)	1 (0.2)	2 (0.2)	1 (0.3)
Serrated adenoma	6 (0.3)		3 (0.3)
Hyperplastic	339 (18.3)		131 (14.9)
Other	296 (16.0)		111 (12.6)

Citation: Lam TJ, Wong BC, Mulder CJ, Peña AS, Hui WM, Lam SK, Chan AOO. Increasing prevalence of advanced colonic polyps in young patients undergoing colonoscopy in a referral academic hospital in Hong Kong. World J Gastroenterol 2007; 13(28): 3873-3877
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i28/3873.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v13.i28.3873