Dysbiosis promotes recurrence of adenomatous polyps in the distal colorectum

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients with recurrent colorectal polyps

	Con	Pat	P value1
n (%)	6 (22.2)	21 (77.8)	-
Male, n (%)	1 (16.7)	15 (71.4)	0.02
Female, n (%)	5 (83.3)	6 (28.6)
Smoker, n (%)	1 (16.7)	7 (33.3)	-
Age in years	50.17 ± 7.36	56.38 ± 10.53	0.19
BMI	21.50 ± 2.17	23.63 ± 3.66	0.21

¹P value by Student’s t-test.

The above statistical results are the mean ± SD. BMI: Body mass index; Con: Control; Pat: Patient.