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Table 3 Classification of colonoscopy appropriateness according to the EPAGE II criteria against selected characteristics of the patient and indication. EPAGE II criteria percentages for each factor are shown per row

From: “Appropriateness of colonoscopy according to EPAGE II in a low resource setting: a cross sectional study from Sri Lanka”

 

Classification according to EPAGE criteria

 
 

Total N = 325 (%)

Inappropriate ≤3 n = 33 (10.2%)

Uncertain 4–6 n = 93 (28.6%)

Appropriate ≥7 n = 199 (61.2%)

p value

Age

    

< 0.001

  ≤ 50 years

102 (31.4)

29 (28.4)

45 (44.1)

28 (27.4)

 

  > 50 years

223 (68.6)

4 (1.8)

48 (21.5)

171 (76.6)

 

Sex

    

0.41

 Women

163 (50.1)

19 (11.6)

42 (25.7)

102 (62.6)

 

 Men

162 (49.9)

14 (8.6)

51 (31.5)

97 (59.9)

 

Type of colonoscopy

    

< 0.001

 Symptomatic

218 (67.0)

27 (12.4)

86 (39.4)

103 (47.2)

 

 Screening

107 (32.9)

4 (3.7)

7 (6.5)

96 (89.7)

 

Indication for symptomatic colonoscopies (n = 218)

    

< 0.001

 Rectal bleeding

96 (44.0)

4 (4.1)

25 (26.0)

67 (69.8)

 

 Altered bowel habits

44 (20.2)

4 (9.0)

9 (20.4)

31 (70.4)

 

 Abdominal pain

31 (14.2)

10 (32.2)

21 (65.6)

0 (0.0)

 

 Other

47 (21.5)

11 (23.4)

31 (65.9)

5 (10.6)