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. 2017 Apr 7;23(13):2346–2354. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i13.2346

Table 2.

Cecal insertion time according to study variables, with odd ratios estimated by multivariable logistic regression analysis n (%)

Cecal insertion time (min)
P value Multivariate logistic regression analysis P value
≤ 10 (n = 1278) > 10 (n = 400) OR (95%CI)
Age (yr) 0.125
< 65 1164 (76.7) 354 (23.3)
≥ 65 114 (71.3) 46 (28.7)
Gender 0.001
Male 800 (79.1) 212 (20.9) Ref 0.047
Female 478 (71.8) 188 (28.2) 1.29 (1.00-1.67)
Obesity indices
BMI (kg/m2) < 0.001
< 23 457 (72.2) 176 (27.8)a 1.62 (1.16-2.25) 0.004
23-24.9 388 (83.6) 76 (16.4)b Ref
≥ 25 433 (74.5) 148 (25.5) 1.80 (1.31-2.49) < 0.001
WHR (n = 1674) 0.060
Normal (≤ 0.9 for men, ≤ 0.8 for women) 257 (72.4) 98 (27.6)
High 1018 (77.2) 301 (22.8)
WC (cm) (n = 1676) 0.316
Normal (≤ 102 cm for men, ≤ 88 cm for women) 1098 (76.6) 335 (23.4)
High 179 (73.7) 64 (26.3)
VAT volume (cm3) < 0.001
< 500 237 (68.3) 110 (31.7)c 1.50 (1.09-2.07) 0.013
500-1499 906 (78.9) 242 (21.1) Ref
≥ 1500 135 (73.8) 48 (26.2) 1.27 (0.86-1.88) 0.223
SAT volume (cm3) 0.848
< 1000 107 (78.1) 30 (21.9)
1000-1999 831 (75.9) 264 (24.1)
≥ 2000 340 (76.2) 106 (23.8)
History of abdominal surgery 0.626
No 1077 (76.4) 333 (23.6)
Yes 201 (75.0) 67 (25.0)
Constipation 0.112
No 1148 (76.7) 348 (23.3)
Yes 130 (71.4) 52 (28.6)
Experience < 0.001
Attending physicians 833 (80.2) 206 (19.8) Ref
Fellow 445 (69.6) 194 (30.4) 1.73 (1.38-2.19) < 0.001
Bowel preparation 0.919
Excellent to fair 920 (76.1) 289 (23.9)
Poor to inadequate 358 (76.3) 111 (23.7)
Diverticulosis 0.099
No 1199 (75.7) 384 (24.3)
Yes 79 (83.2) 16 (16.8)
a

P < 0.001 vs BMI 23-24.9 kg/m2,

b

P < 0.001 vs BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2,

c

P < 0.001 vs VAT volume 500-1499 cm3. BMI: Body mass index; WHR: Waist-to-hip circumference ratio; WC: Waist circumference; VAT: Visceral adipose tissue; SAT: Subcutaneous adipose tissue.