Table 2.

Patients’ baseline characteristics

	Waiting time from education to colonoscopy
Characteristics	Within 2 weeks (N=64)	More than 2 weeks (N=66)	p
Waiting time (days), mean (SD)	8.0 (3.8)	29.4 (16.1)	<0.0001
Age (years), mean (SD)	53.6 (11.1)	54.5 (10.2)	0.642
Sex (female), N (%)	40 (62.5)	38 (57.6)	0.568
Body mass index, mean (SD)	23.7 (3.5)	23.3 (3.5)	0.510
Experience of colonoscopy, N (%)	48 (75.0)	48 (72.7)	0.769
Family history of colon cancer, N (%)	5 (7.8)	5 (7.6)	0.959
Abdominal or pelvic surgery, N (%)	14 (21.9)	14 (21.2)	0.927
Past medical history, N (%)
Diabetes	8 (12.5)	5 (7.6)
Hypertension	13 (20.3)	15 (22.7)
Thyroid disease	3 (4.7)	1 (1.5)
Hyperlipidemia	1 (1.6)	3 (4.5)

SD: standard deviation; N: number of patients