Research Article
The Influence of Obesity on Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy
Table 3
Background factors and intestinal transit time grouped by small intestinal transit time.
| | Long SBTT () (%) | Short SBTT () (%) | value |
| | Males | 100 (58.8) | 83 (48.8) | 0.0816 | | Age (yrs) | 53.5 (32–72) | 44.5 (28.8–63.3) | 0.0163 | | 74 (43.5) | 50 (29.4) | 0.0094 | | Preparation (15 mg mosapride) | 135 (79.4) | 148 (87.1) | 0.0808 | | Height (cm) | 164 (156.4–170) | 161.7 (155–170) | 0.3573 | | Weight (kg) | 55.9 (48.2–64.3) | 56.4 (48–67) | 0.4927 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 20.8 (18.7–23.2) | 21.4 (18.8–24.2) | 0.1323 | | 21 (12.4) | 33 (19.4) | 0.1020 | | 31 (18.2) | 52 (30.6) | 0.0113 | | Comorbidities | | Hypertension | 61 (35.9) | 40 (23.5) | 0.0174 | | Heart disease | 39 (22.9) | 24 (14.1) | 0.0501 | | Diabetes mellitus | 27 (15.9) | 18 (10.6) | 0.2001 | | Liver cirrhosis | 12 (7.1) | 5 (2.9) | 0.1334 | | Hemodialysis | 8 (4.7) | 6 (3.5) | 0.7861 | | IBS-D | 7 (4.1) | 9 (5.3) | 0.7988 | | Crohn’s disease | 29 (17.1) | 29 (17.1) | 1.0000 | | Constipation | 24 (14.1) | 12 (7.1) | 0.0513 | | Intestinal transit times | | ETT (sec) | 3 (2–6) | 3 (2–8) | 0.3633 | | GTT (min) | 14 (8–33.3) | 15 (8–32) | 0.8650 | | SBTT (min) | 308.5 (254–390.3) | 155 (107.8–188.3) | <0.0001 | | SBCE findings | | Erosion, ulcer | 62 (36.5) | 61 (35.9) | 1.0000 | | Active bleeding | 13 (7.7) | 15 (8.8) | 0.8440 | | Tumor | 12 (7.1) | 12 (7.1) | 1.0000 | | Inpatient examination | 96 (56.5) | 40 (23.5) | <0.0001 | | Urgent examination | 15 (8.8) | 7 (4.1) | 0.1211 |
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The data are median (interquartile range) or the number (%) of patients.
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