Table 1

- Evaluation of the gender, the presence of blood and mucus in the stool samples, and the presence of chronic diseases in the geriatric between the groups.

Variables	Geriatric group	CG1	CG2	P-values
Gender
Female	51 (53.1)	48 (52.2)	23 (46.0)	0.896
Male	45 (46.9)	44 (47.8)	27 (54.0)	0.896
Blood in the stool
Yes	78 (81.3)	67 (72.8)	0 (0.0)	0.169^*
No	18 (18.7)	25 (27.2)	50 (100)	0.169^*
Mucus in the stool
Yes	75 (78.1)	62 (67.4)	0 (0.0)	0.098^*
No	21 (21.9)	30 (32.6)	50 (100)	0.098^*
Chronic disease
Yes	10(10.4)	17 (18.5)	3 (6.0)	0.062^**
Cancer	4 (4.2)	9 (9.9)	0 (0.0)
Chronic kidney disease	1 (1.0)	4 (4.3)	0 (0.0)
Diabetes	5 (5.2)	4 (4.3)	3 (6.0)
No	86 (89.6)	75 (81.5)	48 (94.0)

Values are presented as numbers and percentages (%).

CG: control group

↵* The geriatric group was compared with the CG1.
↵** This value was calculated by taking into account the total number of individuals with chronic diseases between the groups.