Prevalence of advanced colorectal neoplasia in white and black patients undergoing screening colonoscopy in a safety-net hospital.

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Background

Black persons are more likely than white persons to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and to die from it. The extent to which genetic or biological factors versus disparities in screening rates explain this variance remains controversial.

Objective

To define the prevalence and location of presymptomatic advanced colorectal neoplasia (ACN) among white and black persons undergoing screening colonoscopy, controlling for other epidemiologic risk factors.

Design

Cross-sectional survey between 22 March 2005 and 31 January 2012.

Setting

Urban, open-access, academic, safety-net hospital in Massachusetts.

Participants

Asymptomatic, average-risk white (n = 1172) and black (n = 1681) persons aged 50 to 79 years und

SUBMITTER: Schroy PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4218749 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature