ABSTRACT
Occult blood test for the screening of colon cancer has been made by immunological method using latex agglutination for 4 years since 1988. A total of 35,139 persons have received the screening test and out of 1886 persons, that is, 5.4% showed positive. Five hundred seventy of the positive result subjects (30.2%) underwent barium enema examination. Three hundred fifty nine subjects (62.8%) showed some abnormal findings. They underwent colonoscopic examination and 45 of them (7.9%) had colon cancer. Twenty six of these were of early stage type and 19 persons were of advanced stage.
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Colonic Neoplasms/epidemiology , Mass Screening , Occult Blood , Adenocarcinoma/epidemiology , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Adenocarcinoma/prevention & control , Adult , Aged , Colonic Neoplasms/pathology , Colonic Neoplasms/prevention & control , Colonic Polyps/epidemiology , Colonic Polyps/pathology , Colonic Polyps/prevention & control , Colonoscopy , Cross-Sectional Studies , Female , Humans , Incidence , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
A total of 1012 persons were divided into the following four groups according to the values of both SV1 + RV5 by the criterion of Sokolow and Lyon and cardio-thoracic ratio (CTR). In all cases the blood pressure, chest X-ray, body surface area, degree of obesity, and chest PA length were measured. From the above data, it was concluded that cases in GII had fat physiques and those in GIII were slender. It is widely known that there are many factors which produce a high voltage in the left ventricle on ECG. This study suggests that the physique is one of many important factors which cause a high voltage in the left ventricule on ECG.
