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Table 4 Factors associated with appropriate colonoscopy according to EPAGE II criteria

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

Factor

OR

95% Confidence interval for OR

P value

Age

  ≥ 50 years

8.52

4.90–14.82

< 0.001

  < 50 years

   

Sex

 Male

0.95

0.56–1.58

0.835

 Female

   

Institution

 NCIM

.951

0.49–1.83

.881

 NHSL

2.727

1.19–6.24

.018

 CSTH

.653

0.13–3.14

.595

 CNTH

1.076

0.47–2.46

.862

Private Hospital

   
  1. NCIM – National Cancer Institute – Maharagama
  2. NHSL – National Hospital of Sri Lanka
  3. CSTH – Colombo South Teaching Hospital
  4. CNTH – Colombo North Teaching Hospital
  5. 95% Confidence Interval are in bold
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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