Table1. Patients’ characteristics and colonoscopy findings .
Variable | All (n=5427) | |
Age, mean years (SD) | 48.3 (16.1) | |
Sex, Male/Female, n (%) | 2499 (46.0)/2928 (54.0) | |
Indication, n (%) | Screening | 1356 (25.0) |
Bleeding | 824 (15.2) | |
Abdominal pain | 405 (7.5) | |
Inflammatory bowel disease | 462 (8.5) | |
Irritable bowel syndrome | 346 (6.3) | |
Unspecified | 2034 (37.5) | |
Preparation quality, n (%) | Excellent-to-Fair | 4235(78.1) |
Poor-to-Unsatisfactory | 522 (9.6) | |
Unspecified | 670 (12.3) | |
Cecal intubation, n (%) | Yes | 4660 (86.0) |
No | 767 (14.0) | |
Patients with at least 1 polyp, n (%) | 2277 (42.0) | |
Cancer, n (%) | 130 (2.4) |