Research Article
Age Is the Only Predictor of Poor Bowel Preparation in the Hospitalized Patient
Table 1
Characteristics of patients as a function of bowel preparation.
| | Overall | Poor bowel preparation | Adequate bowel preparation | |
| Number of patients (%) | 244 | 85 (34.8) | 158 (64.8) | | Median age [IQR] | 71 58, 79 | 76 64.5, 82 | 67 53, 77 | <0.001 | Gender (%) | | | | | Male | 54.7 | 52.9 | 55.7 | 0.688 | Female | 45.3 | 47.1 | 44.3 | Comorbidity (%) | | | | | Diabetes | 31.4 | 39.3 | 27.2 | 0.06 | Neurologic condition | 10.3 | 14.6 | 6.5 | 0.296 | Limited mobility | 29.5 | 36.9 | 25.5 | 0.075 | Previous abdominal surgery | 40.2 | 34.6 | 43.2 | 0.253 | Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) (%) | | | | | 0 | 20.2 | 16.7 | 22.2 | 0.068 | 1 | 12.8 | 8.3 | 15.2 | 2 | 16.5 | 13.1 | 18.4 | ≥3 | 50.4 | 61.9 | 44.3 | Medication (Rx) (%) | | | | | More than 8 Rx | 37.4 | 42.4 | 35.0 | 0.270 | Narcotic | 17.4 | 21.4 | 15.3 | 0.285 | Bowel preparation and procedure (%) | | | | | PEG with electrolytes | 88.9 | 87.7 | 89.5 | 0.466 | Sodium picosulfate | 9.0 | 9.9 | 8.5 | Split dose | 9.9 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 0.648 | Time of procedure (PM) | 58.9 | 58.4 | 59.2 | 0.915 |
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Chi-square association between patient characteristics and bowel preparation. Mann-Whitney test performed.
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