Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2012; 18(41): 5905-5911
Published online Nov 7, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i41.5905
Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics n (%)
All patientsPatients with polyps
Patients (n)7543
Age (yr), mean ± SD60.6 ± 9.5861.9 ± 8.98
Male sex43 (57.3)31 (72.1)
Race1
White56 (75.7)33 (78.6)
Black15 (20.3)7 (16.67)
Other3 (4.00)2 (4.76)
Proportion of patients with +family history of colorectal cancer14 (19.2)10 (23.8)
Proportion of patients with personal history of adenomatous polyps24 (32.9)32 (74.4)
Prep quality
Excellent14 (19.2)7 (17.5)
Good48 (65.8)27 (67.5)
Fair10 (13.7)5 (12.5)
Poor1 (1.4)1 (2.5)
Table 2 Endoscopist quality measures
Endoscopist AEndoscopist B
Patients (n)48 (64)27 (36)
Polyps/patient (n/n), mean ± SD1.5 ± 1.71.2 ± 1.9
Polyp size (mm), mean ± SD3.67 ± 1.393.77 ± 1.04
Cases in which polyp identified n (%)29 (60.4)14 (51.9)
Cases in which adenomatous polyp identified n (%)22 (45.8)10 (37.0)
Procedure time (min), mean ± SD21 ± 6.8a26 ± 9.6a
Table 3 Test characteristics for adenoma prediction, % (95%CI)
CombinedEndoscopist AEndoscopist B
White light
Accuracy71.8 (62.1-80.3)63.0 (50.9-74.0)93.3 (77.9-99.2)
Sensitivity74.1 (60.4-85.0)66.7 (49.0-81.4)88.9 (65.3-98.6)
Specificity69.4 (54.6-81.8)59.5 (42.1-75.3)100 (73.5-100)
Positive predictive value72.7 (61.0-84.5)61.5 (44.8-77.5)100 (79.4-100)
Negative predictive value70.8 (58.0-83.7)64.7(46.5-80.3)85.7(57.2-98.2)
i-SCAN
Accuracy
Total71.8 (62.1-80.3)63.0 (50.9-74.0)93.3 (77.9-99.2)
First Half71.4 (57.8-82.7)59.0 (42.1-74.4)100 (80.5-100)
Second half72.3 (57.4-84.4)67.6 (49.5-82.6)84.6 (54.6-98.1)
Sensitivity72.2 (58.4-83.5)63.9 (46.2-79.2)88.9 (65.3-98.6)
Specificity71.4 (56.7-83.4)62.2 (44.7-77.5)100 (73.5-100)
Positive predictive value73.6 (61.7-85.5)62.2 (44.6-76.6)100 (79.4-100)
Negative predictive value70.0 (57.3-82.7)63.9 (46.2-79.2)85.7 (57.2-98.2)