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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 6. Predictors of identifying adenomas on reexamination of the proximal colon.

OR (95% CI) P value
Age 1.04 (1.01–1.07) 0.014
Gender
 Female Reference
 Male 1.4(0.72–2.3) 0.240
BMI 1.03 (0.97–1.1) 0.371
Family history of colon cancer 0.72 (0.4–1.5) 0.380
Indication
 Screening Reference
 Surveillance 1.5 (0.9–2.5) 0.120
 Adenoma(s) found on initial exam
 of proximal colon
2.8 (1.6–4.9) <0.001
 Duration of initial exam of proximal
 colon
1.0 (0.93–1.1) 0.900
Confidence in quality of initial exam of proximal colon
 Very high or high Reference
 Moderate or low 4.3 (1.7–11.1) 0.002
Mode of second exam
 Forward view Reference
 Retroflexion 0.63 (0.38–1.1) 0.068
Fellow involvement
 Fellow present Reference
 No fellow 1.5 (0.81–3.0) 0.190
Abdominal surgery
 None Reference
 Prior abdominal surgery 0.56 (0.28–1.1) 0.090
Sedation
 Conscious sedation Reference
 Monitored anesthesia care 1.6 (0.74–3.3) 0.240
Diabetes 1.1 (0.58–1.98) 0.820
BBPS right colon
 BBPS 2 Reference
 BBPS 3 0.74 (0.44–1.2) 0.250

BBPS, Boston Bowel Preparation Scale score; BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.