Table 3.
Colonoscopy completion by patient demographics, site type, and training fellow presence
| Demographic characteristic | Completion rate, % (n/N)a | P value χ2 test |
|---|---|---|
| Entire cohort | 95.3(123 473/129,549) | |
| Age (years) | ||
| < 50 | 96.0(18, 941/19,724) | < 0.001 |
| 50–59 | 96.4(39, 056/40,526) | |
| 60–69 | 95.4(32,906/34,492) | |
| ≥70 | 93.6(32,570/34,807) | |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 94.6(59, 147/62,511) | < 0.001 |
| Male | 96.0(64, 326/67,038) | |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Caucasian | 95.6(106, 431/111,355) | < 0.001 |
| African–American | 93.5(8,141/8,708) | |
| Hispanic | 93.0(5,998/6,446) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 95.9(1,646/1,717) | |
| Native American | 94.7(1,064/1,124) | |
| Multiracial | 97.0(193/199) | |
| Clinical setting | ||
| Community | 96.0(95,551/99,560) | < 0.001 |
| Academic | 93.4(16,527/17,704) | |
| VAMC | 92.8(11,395/12,285) | |
| Fellow | ||
| Presentb | 92.7(16,374/17,660) | < 0.001 |
| Absent | 95.7(106,842/111,623) | |
VAMC, Veteran’s Administration Medical Center.
a
Percent complete (number of complete colonoscopies/total number of colonoscopies in that cohort): colonoscopy was considered complete if cecum or terminal ileum was reached.
b
Presence of training fellow: number of colonoscopies with fellow present/total colonoscopies, which documented training fellow attendance, 266 procedures lacked data on the presence of a training fellow.