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The design of cost effective endoscopic screening programmes requires a knowledge of the distribution of adenomas in different age groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>AIM<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To investigate the distribution of colorectal adenomas in older age groups in the normal population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\">\n                    <jats:title>METHOD<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 356 men and women selected randomly from the population register were offered a colonoscopic screening examination to detect and remove polyps.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In all, 241(68%) subjects, mean age 67.4 years (range 62\u201373), attended. 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