Comparison of Polyethylene Glycol versus Lactulose Oral Solution for Bowel Preparation prior to Colonoscopy

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

	PEG; ()	Lac; ()	value
Age (years)			0.754
Male, (%)	48 (54.6)	36 (40.9)	0.07
Bodyweight (kg)			0.057
Height (cm)			0.053
Education (high school and above), (%)	40 (45.5)	31 (35.2)	0.167
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.312
Smoking, (%)	20 (22.7)	20 (22.7)	1.000
Drinking, (%)	22 (25.0)	20 (22.7)	0.724
History of abdominal surgery, (%)	21 (23.9)	18 (20.5)	0.586
Constipation, (%)	23 (26.1)	24 (27.3)	0.865
Abdominal disease, (%)	27 (30.7)	16 (18.2)	0.054

included inflammatory bowel disease, abdominal tumor, gynecological tumor and inflammation, mesenteric tuberculosis, and intestinal tuberculosis.