Table 2.
Patient population and endoscopists description n (%)
| Patients (n = 250) endoscopists (n = 11) | |
| Mean age (yr) | 63.2 ± 10.5 |
| Sex | |
| Women | 107 (42.8) |
| Men | 143 (57.2) |
| Procedure indications | |
| Average risk | 85 (38.5) |
| Past personal history | 90 (43.3) |
| Past family history | 42 (20.2) |
| HNPCC | 1 (1.4) |
| FAP | 1 (1.4) |
| Specialty of endoscopists | |
| Surgical | 3 (27.3) |
| GI | 8 (72.7) |
| Average years of endoscopists practice (yr) | 17.1 ± 8.5 |
HNPCC: Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome; FAP: Familial adenomatous polyposis; GI: Gastrointestinal.