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Demographic data and clinical details
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Age range (years) | 17–88 |
| Mean age (years) | 59 |
| Completion rate (%) | 89 |
| Indication for colonoscopy | |
| Diarrhoea/altered bowel habit (%) | 26 |
| Abdominal pain (%) | 2 |
| Bleeding (%) | 10 |
| Cancer/polyp follow-up (%) | 24 |
| Iron deficiency anaemia (%) | 16 |
| IBD-related (%) | 13 |
| Other (%) | 9 |
| Findings | |
| Normal (%) | 45 |
| Polyp (%) | 19 |
| Colitis (%) | 11 |
| Cancer (%) | 4 |
| Angiodysplasia (%) | 2 |
| Diverticula (%) | 8 |
| Other (%) | 10 |
IBD=inflammatory bowel disease
