Table 3. Characteristics related to bowel prep and procedure.

Characteristic	Healthy (n=10)	IBD (n=8)
Type of bowel prep
Polyethylene glycol-based bowel prep	5 (50%)	6 (75%)
Sodium phosphate-based bowel prep	5 (50%)	2 (25%)
Subject compliance with bowel prep
100% bowel prep completed	9 (90%)	7 (87.5%)
50% bowel prep completed	1 (10%)	1 (12.5%)
Results from bowel prep
Excellent prep	3 (30%)	1 (12.5%)
Good prep	6 (60%)	6 (75%)
Fair prep	1 (10%)	1 (12.5%)
Mean time between flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy	4.4 days	4.0 days

IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.