Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2025; 31(11): 102387
Published online Mar 21, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i11.102387
Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinicopathological characteristics of all patients, n (%)
Variables
Training set (n = 1186)
Validation set (n = 508)
Prospective set (n = 166)
P value
Gender
    Female474 (40.0)194 (38.2)67 (40.4)0.769
    Male712 (60.0)314 (61.8)99 (59.6)
Age, median (IQR)56.00 (49.00, 63.00)56.50 (49.00, 64.00)56.00 (50.00, 63.00)0.948
BMI, median (IQR)24.20 (22.31, 26.40)24.32 (22.49, 26.47)24.22 (22.02, 26.67)0.445
Hypertension
    No924 (77.9)368 (72.4)128 (77.1)0.051
    Yes262 (22.1)140 (27.6)38 (22.9)
Diabetes
    No1057 (89.1)448 (88.2)143 (86.1)0.497
    Yes129 (10.9)60 (11.8)23 (13.9)
CHD
    No1117 (94.2)468 (92.1)153 (92.2)0.231
    Yes69 (5.8)40 (7.9)13 (7.8)
Family history
    No1088 (91.7)479 (94.3)149 (89.8)0.089
    Yes98 (8.3)29 (5.7)17 (10.2)
Cigarette preference
    No972 (82.0)413 (81.3)137 (82.5)0.921
    Yes214 (18.0)95 (18.7)29 (17.5)
Alcohol preference
    No971 (81.9)422 (83.1)133 (80.1)0.669
    Yes215 (18.1)86 (16.9)33 (19.9)
Constipation
    No1086 (91.6)470 (92.5)146 (88.0)0.185
    Yes100 (8.4)38 (7.5)20 (12.0)
Diarrhea
    No918 (77.4)399 (78.5)128 (77.1)0.860
    Yes268 (22.6)109 (21.5)38 (22.9)
Hemafecia
    No1112 (93.8)479 (94.3)160 (96.4)0.397
    Yes74 (6.2)29 (5.7)6 (3.6)
Anatomical location
    Proximal colon261 (22.0)117 (23.0)54 (32.5)0.023
    Distal colon505 (42.6)208 (40.9)69 (41.6)
    Total colon420 (35.4)183 (36.0)43 (25.9)
Number of polyps
    < 3672 (56.7)276 (54.3)106 (63.9)0.099
    ≥ 3514 (43.3)232 (45.7)60 (36.1)
Number of adenomas
    0392 (33.1)150 (29.5)57 (34.3)0.542
    1-2545 (46.0)237 (46.7)74 (44.6)
    ≥ 3249 (21.0)121 (23.8)35 (21.1)
Size
    < 0.5400 (33.7)157 (30.9)118 (71.1)< 0.001
    0.5-1627 (52.9)266 (52.4)37 (22.3)
    > 1159 (13.4)85 (16.7)11 (6.6)
Endoscopic classification
    I512 (43.2)201 (39.6)99 (59.6)< 0.001
    II442 (37.3)191 (37.6)54 (32.5)
    III-IV232 (19.6)116 (22.8)13 (7.8)
Hazard classification
    Non-neoplastic polyps394 (33.2)152 (29.9)72 (43.4)0.002
    Non-progressive adenoma564 (47.6)250 (49.2)79 (47.6)
    Progressive adenoma228 (19.2)106 (20.9)15 (9.0)
Concomitant gastric polyp
    No761 (64.2)356 (70.1)127 (76.5)0.001
    Yes425 (35.8)152 (29.9)39 (23.5)
H. pylori
    No699 (58.9)308 (60.6)104 (62.7)0.586
    Yes487 (41.1)200 (39.4)62 (37.3)
Hyperlipidemia
    No810 (68.3)341 (67.1)117 (70.5)0.714
    Yes376 (31.7)167 (32.9)49 (29.5)
Uric acid levels
    Normal1105 (93.2)475 (93.5)153 (92.2)0.839
    Elevated81 (6.8)33 (6.5)13 (7.8)
TBIL, median (IQR)11.90 (9.30, 15.78)12.00 (9.30, 15.62)9.90 (5.90, 13.97)< 0.001
TBA, median (IQR)3.00 (1.80, 4.68)3.30 (1.90, 4.93)2.90 (1.80, 5.60)0.149
hsCRP, median (IQR)0.60 (0.50, 1.30)0.60 (0.50, 1.30)0.50 (0.50, 1.40)0.775
CEA
    Normal1150 (97.0)496 (97.6)161 (97.0)0.741
    Elevated36 (3.0)12 (2.4)5 (3.0)
CA724
    Normal1137 (95.9)487 (95.9)155 (93.4)0.323
    Elevated49 (4.1)21 (4.1)11 (6.6)
CA199
    Normal1160 (97.8)499 (98.2)163 (98.2)0.833
    Elevated26 (2.2)9 (1.8)3 (1.8)
CA242
    Normal1154 (97.3)491 (96.7)159 (95.8)0.492
    Elevated32 (2.7)17 (3.3)7 (4.2)