The areas under the curve for TIMP-1, COX-2 and MMP-7 were determined to be 0.647, 0.689 and 0.639, respectively and were found to be statistically significant (p = 0.024, p = 0.003 and p = 0.032, respectively) in the polyp group (Graph 1). Here, PTGS2 is linked to polyp.