. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 20.

Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Mar;79(3):466–472. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2013.12.020

Table 1. Baseline patient characteristics.

	Total (n = 584)	Latino (n = 314)	Black (n = 270)	P value
Sex
Female	406 (69.50%)	227 (72.3)	179 (66.3)	.12
Age, mean (SD), y	59.3 (7.6)	59.0 (7.6)	59.6 (7.6)	.35
50-59	318 (54.5%)	164 (52.2%)	154 (57.0%)	.84
60-69	200 (34.2%)	112 (35.7%)	88 (32.6%)
≥70	66 (11.3%)	38 (12.1%)	28 (10.4%)
Smoking status
Current or former	277 (47.4%)	126 (40.1%)	151 (55.9%)	< .0001
BMI, mean (SD), (kg/m²)^*	31.7 (7.8)	30.8 (6.6)	32.7 (8.8)	.01
Obese, BMI ≥30	230/435 (52.9%)	109/225 (48.4%)	121/210 (57.6%)	.06
Poor bowel preparation^†	39/580 (6.7%)	21/313 (6.7%)	18/267 (6.7%)	.99
Cecal intubation^‡	546/579 (94.3%)	291/313 (93.0%)	255/266 (95.6%)	.13

Values are expressed as no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

SD, Standard deviation; BMI, body mass index.

BMI is available for 435 patients.

^†

Bowel preparation data available for 580 patients.

^‡

Cecal intubation information available for 579 patients.