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. 2017 Sep 7;2017:5917057. doi: 10.1155/2017/5917057

Table 2.

Very early repeat colonoscopy: patient characteristics and description of index colonoscopy (7,892).

Clinical setting of index colonoscopy Teaching hospital Community hospital Nonhospital facility
955/35,988 (2.7%) 3,890/181,039 (2.1%) 3,047/117,636 (2.6%) 7,892/334,663

Patient characteristics P value among strata
Age
 50–54 years 175 (18.3%) 707 (18.2%) 777 (25.5%) <0.0001
 55–59 years 166 (17.4%) 715 (18.4%) 625 (20.5%)
 60–64 years 180 (18.9%) 741 (19.1%) 629 (20.6%)
 65–69 years 181 (19.0%) 776 (20.0%) 528 (17.3%)
 70–74 years 154 (16.1%) 555 (14.3%) 322 (10.6%)
 75–79 years 99 (10.4%) 396 (10.2%) 166 (5.5%)

Female 445 (46.6%) 1651 (42.4%) 1290 (42.3%) 0.05
Male 510 (53.4%) 2239 (57.6%) 1757 (57.7%)

Residence
 Income quintile 1 174 (18.2%) 529 (13.6%) 451 (14.8%) <0.0001
 Income quintile 2 156 (16.3%) 598 (15.4%) 531 (17.4%)
 Income quintile 3 163 (17.1%) 630 (16.2%) 587 (19.3%)
 Income quintile 4 179 (18.7%) 680 (17.5%) 657 (21.6%)
 Income quintile 5 199 (20.8%) 638 (16.4%) 692 (22.7%)
 Rural 84 (8.8%) 815 (21.0%) 129 (4.2%)

ADG score
 Mean (SD) 5.93 (3.49) 5.44 (3.09) 4.83 (2.84) <0.0001
 Median (IQR) 5 (3–8) 5 (3–7) 4 (3–6)

Colonoscopy description
Complete 770 (80.6%) 3409 (87.6%) 2617 (85.9%) <0.0001
Incomplete 185 (19.4%) 481 (12.4%) 430 (14.1%)

Open access 564 (59.1%) 1193 (30.7%) 2172 (71.3%) <0.0001
Not open access 391 (40.9%) 2697 (69.3%) 875 (28.7%)

Most complex procedure at index colonoscopy
 Removal of large polyp or obstructing lesion 59 (6.2%) 407 (10.5%) 181 (5.9%) <0.0001
 Standard polypectomy 318 (33.3%) 1247 (32.1%) 876 (28.8%)
 Biopsy 165 (17.3%) 567 (14.6%) 442 (14.5%)
 None of the above or none 413 (43.3%) 1669 (42.9%) 1548 (50.8%)