Table 3. Comparison of characteristics between the CE retention and CE completion groups.

Factors	Retention (n=61)	Completion (n=336)	P value
Age, n [%]			0.30
<44 years	14 [23]	95 [28]
45–64 years	13 [21]	97 [29]
65–74 years	20 [33]	80 [24]
>75 years	14 [23]	64 [19]
Male sex, n [%]	33 [54]	197 [59]	0.57
BMI, kg/m2, n [%]			0.32
<30	3 [5]	7 [2]
25–29.9	5 [8]	48 [14]
18.5–24.9	33 [54]	168 [50]
>18.4	20 [33]	113 [34]
Diabetes, n [%]	8 [13]	25 [7]	0.14
History of abdominal surgery, n [%]	15 [25]	65 [19]	0.39
Prokinetics, n [%]	6 [10]	29 [9]	0.81
CE diagnosis, n [%]			0.004
Normal	15 [25]	109 [32]
Erosion, angioectasia, ulcer	29 [48]	161 [48]
Stenosis	5 [8]	4 [1]
Polyp, tumor	6 [10]	51 [15]
Others	6 [10]	11 [3]

CE, capsule endoscopy; BMI, body mass index.