Cecal intubation rates: data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Women and older or thinner patients have lower colonoscopy cecal intubation rates. We used data from the New Hampshire Colonoscopy Registry (NHCR) to examine the association between these and other endoscopist factors and trends of colonoscopy cecal intubation rates.

Methods

Our sample included patients ≥40 years from the NHCR with an adequate bowel preparation. We examined colonoscopy completion rates over quartiles (2004-2011, 2012-2014, 2015-2017, and 2018-2021) as stratified by men versus women and body mass index (BMI). In addition to these factors, we also adjusted for age and year of examination. Other variables of interest were specialty of the endoscopist and adenoma detection rates (ADRs).

Results

Our sample included 143,095 individuals (

SUBMITTER: Miller A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11469579 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature