Research Article
Impact of an Abdominal Compression Bandage on the Completion of Colonoscopy for Obese Adults: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | | Abdominal bandage group | Conventional group | p value |
| | Gender, n (%) | | Male | 82(68.3%) | 86(72.3%) | 0.51a | | Female | 38(31.7%) | 33 (27.7%) | |
| | Age (years) | 49.53 ± 12.91 | 48.83 ± 12.40 | 0.67b |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | 27.78 (26.90–29.34) | 28.09 (26.99–29.72) | 0.32c |
| | WC (cm) | 115 (108–120) | 116 (108–118) | 0.40c |
| | Indications for colonoscopy, n (%) | | Abdominal pain | 23 (19.2%) | 26 (21.8%) | 0.99a | | Abdominal distension | 22 (18.3%) | 21 (17.6%) | | | Diarrhea | 13 (10.8%) | 14 (11.8%) | | | High CEA | 7 (5.8%) | 8 (6.7%) | | | Screening CRC | 38 (31.7%) | 35 (29.4%) | |
| | Previous medical history, n (%) | | IBS | 5 (4.2%) | 7 (5.9%) | 0.95d | | Hypertension | 9 (7.5%) | 8 (6.7%) | | | Diabetes | 4 (3.3%) | 5 (4.2%) | | | Hypertension and diabetes | 3 (2.5%) | 4 (3.4%) | | | None | 99 (82.5%) | 95 (79.8%) | |
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Note. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; CRC, colorectal cancer; IBS, inflammatory bowel syndrome; aPearson’s χ2 test; bStudent’s t-test; cMann–Whitney test; dFisher’s exact test.
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