Classification according to EPAGE criteria | |||||
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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) |