Verified colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality rates by site of cancer*
| No of deaths | Rate (per 1000 person years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Control group | Intervention group | Control group | Mortality ratio (95% CI) | |
| *Cancers of unknown site excluded. | |||||
| †Interaction p=0.75. | |||||
| Site of cancer† | |||||
| Proximal to the sigmoid colon | 212 | 251 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.84 (0.70–1.01, p=0.068) |
| Distal cancers | 368 | 420 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.88 (0.76–1.01, p=0.062) |