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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Mar 3;110(3):415–422. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2015.21

Table 4. Colonoscopy findings.

Retroflexion
(N=450)
Forward view
(N=400)
P value
Confidence in quality of initial examination of proximal colon 0.31
 Very high 349 293
 High 84 95
 Moderate 16 11
 Low 1 1
 Very low 0 0
Withdrawal 1
 Duration 2.8±3.1 2.8±2.5 0.89
 ≥1 Polyp 133 120 0.89
 ≥1 Adenoma 102 94 0.78
 Polyps per patient 0.49 0.47 0.78
 Adenomas per patient 0.39 0.37 0.71
Withdrawal 2
 Duration 1.4±1.3 1.9±1.8 <0.001
 ≥1 Polyp 48 58 0.09
 ≥1 Adenoma 34 42 0.13
 Polyps per patient 0.12 0.17 0.1
 Adenomas per patient 0.09 0.12 0.15
Distal colon
 Duration 8.3±5.9 8.0±5.4 0.53
 ≥1 Polyp 232 201 0.73
 ≥1 Adenoma 150 115 0.16
 Polyps per patient 1.1 0.98 0.48
 Adenomas per patient 0.65 0.45 0.1
Total
 Duration 22.0±10.9 21.1±9.7 0.23
 ≥1 Polyp 281 257 0.62
 ≥1 Adenoma 212 184 0.75
 Polyps per patient 1.8 1.6 0.89
 Adenomas per patient 1.1 0.93 0.75