The Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Safety of Different 1-Day Bowel Preparation Regimens for Pediatric Colonoscopy

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study groups.

Parameter	PEG-bisacodyl group	PEG-ELS group	NaPico+MgCit group
	41	43	39
Mean age (SD) (years)	13.9 (2.4)	14.5 (2.2)	13.9 (2.7)	0.4
Min–Max	10-17	10-17	10-17
Sex, males (%)	24 (58.5)	22 (51.2)	16 (41.0)	0.1
Weight: mean (kg)	51.6	56.2	51.7	0.3
Reason for colonoscopy
IBD: (%)	34 (82.9)	36 (83.7)	33 (84.6)	0.9
Other: (%)	7 (17.1)	7 (16.3)	6 (15.4)