Table 6.
Effect of the number of images acquired in individual colonic segments during colonoscopy on lesion detection.
| ADR (%) | p value | PDR (%) | p value | Size of Polyps | p value | Number of Polyps | p value | Histological Features of Polyps | p value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≥6 mm | <6 mm | ≤2 | >2 | Nonneoplastic Polyps | Neoplastic Polyps | |||||||||
| Cecum | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.235 | 0.826 | 0.857 | |||||||||
| aNo. ≥ 3 | 2.22 | – | 4.81 | – | 36 | 68 | – | 82 | 22 | – | 56 | 48 | – | |
| aNo. < 3 | 0.42 | – | 0.96 | – | 8 | 8 | – | 13 | 3 | – | 9 | 7 | – | |
| Ascending Colon | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.001* | 0.079 | 0.721 | |||||||||
| aNo. ≥ 4 | 5.81 | – | 11.86 | – | 146 | 95 | – | 197 | 44 | – | 123 | 118 | – | |
| aNo. < 4 | 1.90 | – | 4.07 | – | 28 | 45 | – | 66 | 7 | – | 39 | 34 | – | |
| Transverse Colon | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.234 | 0.419 | 0.670 | |||||||||
| aNo. ≥ 4 | 6.28 | – | 13.81 | – | 162 | 147 | – | 264 | 45 | – | 164 | 145 | – | |
| aNo. < 4 | 1.65 | – | 3.76 | – | 25 | 32 | – | 51 | 6 | – | 32 | 25 | – | |
| Descending Colon | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.016* | 0.235 | 0.406 | |||||||||
| aNo. ≥ 4 | 5.22 | – | 12.72 | – | 146 | 132 | – | 237 | 41 | – | 146 | 114 | – | |
| aNo. < 4 | 1.22 | – | 3.48 | – | 20 | 37 | – | 45 | 12 | – | 37 | 20 | – | |
| Sigmoid Colon | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.978 | 0.595 | 0.235 | |||||||||
| aNo. ≥ 4 | 7.89 | – | 21.78 | – | 212 | 315 | – | 376 | 151 | – | 336 | 191 | – | |
| aNo. < 4 | 2.35 | – | 7.76 | – | 44 | 65 | – | 75 | 34 | – | 76 | 33 | – | |
| Rectum | <0.001** | <0.001** | 0.583 | 0.977 | 0.302 | |||||||||
| aNo. ≥3 | 3.43 | – | 18.92 | – | 117 | 385 | – | 299 | 203 | – | 411 | 91 | – | |
| aNo.< | 1.20 | – | 8.63 | – | 21 | 80 | – | 60 | 41 | – | 87 | 14 | – | |
**p<0.001; a: number of images acquired during colonoscopy. ADR = adenoma detection rate, PDR = polyp detection rate.