Brief Article
Copyright ©2009 Baishideng.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Oct 15, 2009; 1(1): 51-55
Published online Oct 15, 2009. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v1.i1.51
Table 1 Study population characteristics
Characteristicn (%)
Sex
Male335 (91)
Age (yr)
mean (SD)48.7 (11.2)
Race
Caucasian303 (83)
Asian41 (11)
Other25 (6)
Practice type
Private219 (60)
Multi-specialty56 (15)
Academic80 (22)
HMO18 (4)
Other16 (4)
MD type
GI337 (92)
Surgeon30 (8)
Community size
< 50 00029 (8)
51 000-100 00046 (12)
> 100 000115 (31)
> 500 00063 (17)
> 1 000 000122 (33)
Years practicing
< 5 yr60 (16)
5-10 yr68 (19)
> 10 yr237 (65)
Colonoscopies per month, mean number (SD)86.8 (71.0)
Percentage of screening colonoscopies, mean, (SD)48 (23.3)