Proximal Sessile Serrated Adenomas Are More Prevalent in Caucasians, and Gastroenterologists Are Better Than Nongastroenterologists at Their Detection

Table 4

Proximal sessile serrated adenoma detection rate (PSSADR) based on patient gender, timing of the procedure, quality of the bowel preparation, and fellow participation.

Factor	PSSADR	value
Race
Caucasians (overall) ()	3.7 ± 4.1	<0.001
African-Americans (overall) ()	0.96 ± 3.5
Caucasian males	4.2 ± 6.3	0.003
African-American males	1.10 ± 5.0
Caucasian females	3.4 ± 5.1	<0.001
African-American females	0.88 ± 3.3
Gender
Males ()	3.9 ± 5.4	0.12
Females ()	2.8 ± 4.1
Procedure time
Morning ()	3.2 ± 4.8	0.71
Afternoon ()	3.0 ± 5.5
Quality of bowel preparation
Excellent ()	3.2 ± 13.8	0.92
Good ()	3.7 ± 5.4
Adequate ()	3.1 ± 10.1
Fellow participation
Fellow present ()	2.4 ± 13.4	0.49
Fellow absent ()	3.5 ± 3.8
Endoscopist specialty
Gastroenterologist ()	3.9 ± 3.5	0.028
Nongastroenterologist ()	2.2 ± 3.0