TABLE 3.
Primary end points and endoscopist comparison
| Endoscopist | Procedures, n | Time to reach cecum, min |
Withdrawal time |
Cecal intubation rate, % (95% CI) | Patients with adenomas, % (95% CI) | Adenomas per patient (mean) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, min | When polyps removed, min | With no polyps removed, min | ||||||
| 1 | 981 | 5.07 | 8.06 | 9.05 | 7.26 | 98.78 (98.3–99.1) | 20.59 (18.2–23.2) | 0.34 |
| 2 | 853 | 6.93 | 9.30 | 10.71 | 6.86 | 99.41 (98.6–99.7) | 30.36 (27.4–33.5) | 0.57 |
| 3 | 62 | 18.42 | 11.58 | 16.79 | 8.02 | 93.55 (84.5–97.5) | 19.35 (11.5–30.9) | 0.31 |
| 4 | 278 | 7.28 | 7.05 | 9.28 | 5.99 | 99.28 (97.4–99.8) | 15.83 (12.0–20.4) | 0.23 |
| 5 | 62 | 15.20 | 10.92 | 12.59 | 7.33 | 95.16 (86.7–98.2) | 20.97 (12.7–32.7) | 0.27 |
| 6 | 416 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 98.56 (96.9–99.3) | 20.91 (17.3–25.1) | 0.35 |
| 7 | 848 | 7.88 | 13.81 | 15.06 | 11.50 | 99.41 (98.6–99.7) | 33.84 (30.7–37.1) | 0.70 |
| 8 | 15 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 100.00 | 53.33 | 0.73 |
| 9 | 226 | 8.61 | 6.61 | 9.51 | 5.15 | 99.56 (97.6–99.9) | 18.14 (13.7–23.7) | 0.25 |
| Total OEC | 3741 | 7.47 | 9.75 | 11.72 | 7.57 | 98.98 (97.6–99.3) | 25.47 (24.1–26.9) | 0.46 |
NA Not available; OEC Oakville Endoscopy Centre