Appropriateness of indication and diagnostic yield of colonoscopy: First report based on the 2000 guidelines of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristic of 736 patients undergoing colonoscopy in Kuwait

Characteristic	n (%)
Gender
Male	415 (56.4)
Female	321 (43.6)
Age (yr)
Mean age (SD)	43.6 (16.6)
<15	31 (4.2)
15-49	441 (59.9)
≥50	264 (35.9)
Referring clinician
General physician	255 (34.6)
Surgeon	246 (33.4)
Gastroenterologist	205 (27.9)
Pediatric gastroenterologist	22 (3.0)
Other1	8 (1.1)
Clinical status
Inpatient	130 (17.7)
Outpatient	606 (82.3)

¹Oncologist (6), gynecologist (2).