Inpatient capsule endoscopy leads to frequent incomplete small bowel examinations

Table 2 Identification of potential risk factors for an incomplete exam by univariate analysis in all patients

Pre-procedure factors	P value	Post-procedure factors	P value
Location	0.0001	AVM	0.001
Occult GIB	0.042	Blood	0.016
Overt GIB	0.054	Visible vessel	0.013
Abdominal pain	0.608	Lymphoid hyperplasia	0.014
Assessment of IBD	0.142	GAVE	0.051
History of FAP	0.999	Findings suggestive of CD	0.007
History of DA	0.199	Excess food	0.006
Nausea/vomiting	0.879	Phlebectasia	0.011
Diarrhea	0.929	Large gastric folds	0.010
Colon polyps	0.999	White villi	0.01
History of OVR	1	Edema	0.415
History of carcinoid tumors	0.999	Submucosal mass	0.372
History of PJS	1	Mucosal mass	0.119
History of VE	1	Erosions	0.350
Age	0.113	Ulcer	0.308
Gender	0.232	Duodenitis	0.597
		Diverticulitis	0.461
		Mucosal break	0.078
		Esophagitis	0.062
		Stricture	0.399
		Reader	0.982
		GTT	0.0001
		SBTT	0.001

GIB: Gastrointestinal bleed; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; FAP: Familial adenomatous polyposis; DA: Duodenal adenoma; OVR: Osler Veber Rendu; PJS: Peutz Jeghers syndrome; VE: Vascular ectasia; AVM: Arteriovenous malformation; GAVE: Gastric vascular ectasia; CD: Crohn’s disease; GTT: Gastric transit time; SBTT: Small bowel transit time.