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Table 1 Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of the individuals included in the pools

From: A new approach to epigenome-wide discovery of non-invasive methylation biomarkers for colorectal cancer screening in circulating cell-free DNA using pooled samples

Poola

Genderb

Age

 

Genderb

Age

Pool A-NCF

F

72

Pool B-NCF

F

63

 

F

68

 

F

62

 

F

61

 

F

59

 

F

54

 

F

54

 

F

54

 

F

54

 

M

67

 

M

71

 

M

67

 

M

68

 

M

65

 

M

66

 

M

62

 

M

60

 

M

54

 

M

53

 

Genderb

Age

Lesion descriptionc

Lesion locationd

Pool C-AA

F

72

10 mm, T, LGD

Distal

 

F

68

25 mm, V, LGD

Distal

 

F

65

10 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

 

F

63

12 mm, T, LGD

Proximal

 

F

54

10 mm, T, LGD

Distal

 

M

71

10 mm, T, LGD

Distal

 

M

66

10 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

 

M

65

20 mm, T, LGD

Distal

 

M

61

15 mm, T, LGD

Proximal

 

M

58

3 mm, TV, LGD

Proximal

Pool D-AA

F

70

30 mm, T, LGD

Proximal

 

F

67

20 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

 

F

65

30 mm, TV, LGD

Proximal

 

F

61

10 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

 

F

59

10 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

 

M

71

8 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

 

M

71

10 mm, V, LGD

Proximal

 

M

64

20 mm, V, LGD

Distal

 

M

64

20 mm, T, LGD

Proximal

 

M

54

5 mm, TV, LGD

Distal

Pool E-CRC

F

70

T3N0, WD

Distal

 

F

67

T3N0, MD

Distal

 

F

65

T3N0, MD

Distal

 

F

59

T4N0, MD

Distal

 

F

59

T3N0, WD

Distal

 

M

72

T2N0, MD

Distal

 

M

66

T2N0, NA

Distal

 

M

62

T3N0, MD

Distal

 

M

60

T1N0M0, WD

Distal

 

M

51

T3N0, MD

Proximal

Pool F-CRC

F

72

T3N0, WD

Distal

 

F

65

T3N0, WD

Distal

 

F

61

T2N0, MD

Distal

 

F

60

T3N0, MD

Proximal

 

F

55

T3N0, NA

Distal

 

M

67

T2N0M0, WD

Proximal

 

M

63

T2N0, MD

Distal

 

M

61

T3N0, MD

Distal

 

M

59

T3N0, WD

Distal

 

M

57

T2N0, MD

Distal

  1. aIdentification of the pool (NCF no colorectal findings, AA advanced adenoma, CRC colorectal cancer)
  2. bGender (F female, M male)
  3. cLesion description for AA cases include size of adenoma (mm), histology (T tubular, TV tubulo-villous, V villous) and dysplasia (LGD low grade of dysplasia), lesion description for CRC cases include TNM classification and tumor differentiation grade (WD well-differentiated, MD moderately differentiated, NA not available)
  4. dLesion location refers to distal or proximal colon