title: Clinical evaluation for colonic polyps: usefulness of signs and symptoms in diagnosis.
abstract: This article reports a prospective cross-sectional study of the relationship between various signs and symptoms commonly ascribed to colorectal cancer and the presence or absence of colonic polyps found by colonoscopic examination. Of the 166 patients who participated in the study, 96 were positive for colonic polyps and 70 were negative. There was a significant increase in risk for adenomas polyps as age increased among males. For females, the step-wise logistic regression indicated that an absence of abdominal pain/cramping (p < .01), a change in stool shape (p < .01), and a history of colorectal polyps (undifferentiated) in first-degree relatives (p < .05) were associated with adenomatous polyps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Replogle
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bartko
mesh_terms: D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors