Bowel habits and gender correlate with colon length measured by CT colonography.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

CT colonography enables three-dimensional measurement of colon length. However, previous studies using CT colonography have not examined the association with gender, age, physique, a history of laparotomy and bowel habits, all possible contributory factors to colon length. The aim of this study is to investigate factors associated with colon length.

Materials and methods

We conducted a post hoc analysis based on data obtained from a previous multi-center trial including 321 patients with positive fecal immunochemical tests who underwent CT colonography. Colon length was measured using a computer-generated center line and was divided at the iliac crest level into the distal and proximal colons. Bowel habits were classified into three groups: A-daily; B-once every 2 or

SUBMITTER: Utano K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891197 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature