Improved Bowel Preparation with Multimedia Education in a Predominantly African-American Population: A Randomized Study

Table 2

Demographics and clinical characteristics of the study population.

	Study group ( = 48)	Control group (=46)	value
Mean age in years (±2SD)	59.27 ± 18.08	57.28 ± 19.40	0.31
Gender (F : M)	27 : 21	25 : 21	0.85
Race (AA : other)	43 : 5	41 : 5	0.94
Prior colonoscopy	17	16	0.95
History of colon polyps	4	2	0.68
Family history of colon cancer	8	4	0.36