Comparison of a 4-Day versus 2-Day Low Fiber Diet Regimen in Barium Tagging CT Colonography in Incomplete Colonoscopy Patients

Table 1

Distribution of residual solid stool in colonic segments.

Residual feces	4-day		2-day		Total
		%		%		%
Caecum
Absent	5	11.1%	14	25.5%	19	19.0%	0.187^*
<6 mm	9	20.0%	10	18.2%	19	19.0%
≥6 mm	31	68.9%	31	56.4%	62	62.0%
Ascending colon
Absent	9	20.0%	20	36.4%	29	29.0%	0.198^*
<6 mm	19	42.2%	19	34.5%	38	38.0%
≥6 mm	17	37.8%	16	29.1%	33	33.0%
Transverse colon
Absent	11	24.4%	19	33.9%	30	29.7%	0.279^*
<6 mm	10	22.2%	16	28.6%	26	25.7%
≥6 mm	24	53.3%	21	37.5%	45	44.6%
Descending colon
Absent	16	35.6%	21	37.5%	37	36.6%	0.605^*
<6 mm	13	28.9%	20	35.7%	33	32.7%
≥6 mm	16	35.6%	15	26.8%	31	30.7%
Sigmoid colon
Absent	19	42.2%	19	33.9%	38	37.6%	0.630^*
<6 mm	14	31.1%	22	39.3%	36	35.6%
≥6 mm	12	26.7%	15	26.8%	27	26.7%
Rectum
Absent	20	44.4%	22	39.3%	42	41.6%	0.870^*
<6 mm	13	28.9%	18	32.1%	31	30.7%
≥6 mm	12	26.7%	16	28.6%	28	27.7%

There was no significant difference for distribution of residual solid stool per colonic segments between 4-day and 2-day diet group ( > 0.05).