Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the Study Participants
From: The effect of quality of segmental bowel preparation on adenoma detection rate
Patients,n | 4940 |
|---|---|
Age,years,mean ± SD | 61.4 ± 10.3 |
Male(%) | 2380 (48.2) |
Indication(%) | |
Screening, Surveillance, Diagnostic | 4186 (84.7) |
For polypectomy | 314 (6.4) |
For ESD | 440 (8.9) |
Time of day colonoscopy performed(%) | |
Morning | 1236 (25.0) |
Afternoon | 3704 (75.0) |
Participating Endoscopists(%) | |
Senior | 1575 (31.9) |
Intermediate | 2063 (41.8) |
Junior | 1302 (26.3) |
Total BBPS score(%) | |
0–3(inadequate bowel preparation) | 101 (2.1) |
4–5(poor bowel preparation) | 885 (17.9) |
6(fair bowel preparation) | 1199 (24.3) |
7–8(good bowel preparation) | 2381 (48.2) |
9(excellent or perfect bowel preparation) | 374 (7.6) |
Air bubble score(%) | |
0(no air bubble) | 1693 (34.3) |
1(minimal bubbles) | 1824 (36.9) |
2(moderate amount of air bubbles) | 984 (19.9) |
3(large amount of air bubbles) | 439 (8.9) |
Colonoscopic findings(%) | 2115 (42.8) |
Adenoma | 1231 (24.9) |
Advanced adenoma | 476 (9.6) |
Cancer | 104 (2.1) |
Inflammatory bowel disease. | 100 (2.0) |
Diverticula | 93 (1.9) |
Others | 111 (2.2) |