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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients

From: Using a multistep approach with multidisciplinary team to increase the diagnosis rate of Lynch syndrome-associated colorectal cancer after universal screening: a single-center study in Japan

 

P-MA group

n = 323

MA group

n = 199

P-value

Age at surgery, years, median (range)

70 (39–95)

71 (32–95)

0.74

Male/female, n

190/133

114/85

0.80

Family history of colorectal cancer, n (%)

  

0.65*

Yes

121 (37.5)

71 (35.7)

 

No

174 (53.9)

106 (53.3)

 

Unknown

28 (8.7)

22 (11.1)

 

Tumor location, n (%)

  

0.90*

Right colon

120 (37.2)

78 (39.2)

 

Left colon

80 (24.8)

50 (25.1)

 

Rectum

123 (38.1)

71 (35.7)

 

Tumor histology, n (%)

  

0.98****

Tubular adenocarcinoma

295 (91.3)

182 (91.4)

 

Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma

5 (1.5)

2 (1.0)

 

Mucinous

16 (5.0)

12 (6.0)

 

Others

7 (2.2)

3 (1.5)

 

Pathological stage, n (%)

  

0.83***

0

4 (1.2)

6 (3.0)

 

I

77 (23.8)

50 (25.1)

 

II

95 (29.4)

53 (26.6)

 

III

114 (35.3)

71 (35.7)

 

IV

33 (10.2)

19 (9.5)

 

Frequency of dMMR, %

8.0

13.1

0.09

  1. Pathological stage was defined according to the UICC-TNM, 8th edition
  2. dMMR, deficient mismatch repair; MA, multistep approach; P-MA, pre-multistep approach
  3. P-value < 0.05
  4. * Chi-squared test with Bonferroni correction: P-value < 0.017
  5. ** Chi-squared test with Bonferroni correction: P-value < 0.013
  6. *** Chi-squared test with Bonferroni correction: P-value < 0.010