Addition of senna improves quality of colonoscopy preparation with magnesium citrate

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data

	Citramag-only (n = 160)	Citramag/senna (n = 182)
Male/female	76/84	97/85
Age	60 ± 13	58 ± 14
History of bowel resection	6	9
Sedation
Fentanyl iv (&mgr;g)	75 (0-200)	75 (0-200)
Midazolam iv (mg)	4 (0-10)	4 (0-10)
Polyp detection rate	37 (23.1%)	63 (34.6%)1
Colorectal cancer	17	16
Completion rate	86% (adjusted 92%)	92% (adjusted 97%)2

Data are presented as mean and standard deviation or n and percentage as appropriate.

¹P < 0.03,

²P = 0.07.