- Age of onset after age 50 years
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- Rectal bleeding or melena
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- Nocturnal pain or diarrhea
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- Progressive abdominal pain
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- Unexplained weight loss, fever, or other systemic symptoms
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- Laboratory abnormalities (eg, iron deficiency anemia, elevated ESR/CRP, elevated fecal calprotectin, fecal occult blood present)
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- First-degree relative with inflammatory bowel disease or colorectal cancer
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