Table 2.
Colonoscopy characteristics
| Linked Colour imaging (N=160) | High-definition white-light endoscopy (N=172) | P value (two-sided) | |
| Boston Bowel Preparation Scale | 9 (6–9) | 9 (7–9) | 0.82 |
| Gloucester Comfort Score | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 0.83 |
| Sedation | 0.82 | ||
| None | 7 | 6 | |
| Midazolam or fentanyl, or both | 69 | 73 | |
| Propofol | 80 | 93 | |
| Butylscopolamine | 30 (19%) | 22 (13%) | 0.18 |
| Colonoscopies per centre | 1.00 | ||
| Centre 1 | 39 | 42 | |
| Centre 2 | 31 | 38 | |
| Centre 3 | 22 | 23 | |
| Centre 4 | 19 | 19 | |
| Centre 5 | 19 | 19 | |
| Centre 6 | 15 | 16 | |
| Centre 7 | 7 | 8 | |
| Centre 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Procedure time in minutes | 23 (17–31) | 22 (16–28) | 0.44 |
| Caecal intubation time in minutes | 7 (5–10) | 7 (5–10) | 0.99 |
| Extubation time in minutes | 15 (10–21) | 13 (9–19) | 0.09 |
| Withdrawal time in minutes | 12 (9–16) | 11 (8–15) | 0.16 |
| Intervention time in minutes | 1 (0–5) | 0 (0–4) | 0.39 |
Data are n (%), n or median (P25–P75).