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. 2023 May 8;13:1090464. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1090464

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.