Table 1

Age and sex characteristics of patients with at least one colorectal adenoma in the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), family history (FH), and heavy drinkers (HD) groups

IBS groupFH groupHD groupp Value*
2 test or F test from ANOVA.
n152108401
Age (y) (mean (SD)) 61 (0.9) 55 (1) 57 (0.5)<0.05
Male/Female ratio 87/65 (57%) 69/39 (64%)313/88 (78%)<0.001