title: Colorectal polyps in the Upper Galilee.
abstract: This study of colorectal polyps is based on 129 patients in whom 241 colorectal polyps were diagnosed and excised by colonoscopy in the Gastroenterology Unit of a hospital in the Upper Galilee, Israel, between 1 July 1984 and 30 June 1987. The male:female ratio was 2:1. Anemia was demonstrated in 7% and positive Hemoccult II test (Smith Kline, USA) in 64%. The types of polyp were 58% adenomatous, 25% hyperplastic and 15% inflammatory. Adenomatous polyps were larger than the other types (chi 2 = 13.24, P less than 0.01), and were more frequent in the left colon than inflammatory polyps (chi 2 = 4.67, P less than 0.05). The annual incidence of colorectal polyps and the percentage of colonoscopies that revealed polyps were highest for Jews of European/American origin (5.3/10,000, 26%) compared with Jews of Israeli and Asian/African origin and Arabs (2/10,000, 6%; 1.3/10,000, 12%; and 1/10,000, 9%, respectively). These data confirm findings of other investigators showing a higher incidence of colorectal polyps in European/American Jews than in other ethnic Israeli groups.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Unit, Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital, Safed, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niv
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003113:Colonoscopy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors