Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Mar 25, 2016; 8(6): 295-300
Published online Mar 25, 2016. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v8.i6.295
Table 1 Baseline characters of the study population
Manual flushesAutomated irrigation pumpsP value
n328709
Age, yr (mean, 95%CI)60.0 (59.0-61.1)60.3 (59.6-61.1)0.70
Gender, n (%)0.34
Female18 (5.5)49 (6.9)
Male310 (94.5)660 (93.1)
Race, n (%)0.47
African-American176 (53.7)359 (50.6)
Caucasian146 (44.5)341 (48.1)
Others6 (1.8)9 (1.3)
Performed by: n (%)0.42
Attending physician alone65 (19.8)156 (22.0)
GI fellow with attending physician263 (80.2)553 (78.0)
Indications, n (%)0.09
Screening191 (58.2)373 (52.6)
Diagnostic137 (41.8)336 (47.4)
History of CRC/polyps, n (%)0.55
No238 (72.6)527 (74.3)
Yes90 (27.4)182 (25.7)