Endoscopic Delivery Method Using a Retrieval Net for Patients with Small-Bowel Capsule Endoscopy Stagnation in the Stomach

Table 4

Comparisons between groups stratified by the observation or nonobservation of the entire small bowel by capsule endoscopy involving the endoscopic delivery method using a retrieval net.

Variables	Entire small-bowel observation		value
	(Yes) ()	(No) ()
Sex
Male	12 (63)	4 (40)	0.270
Female	7 (37)	6 (60)
Age (years)
<65	5 (26)	3 (30)	1.000
≥65	14 (74)	7 (70)
Inpatients	7 (37)	5 (50)	0.694
Performance status
0–2	18 (95)	9 (90)	1.000
3–4	1 (5)	1 (10)
Body mass index
Underweight	6 (31)	4 (40)	0.901
Normal range	11 (58)	5 (50)
Overweight	2 (11)	1 (10)
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding	10 (53)	5 (50)	1.000
History of gastrointestinal surgical resection
Yes	4 (21)	7 (70)	0.017
No	15 (79)	3 (30)
Cranial nerve disease
Yes	8 (42)	5 (50)	0.714
No	11 (58)	5 (50)
Diabetes
Yes	5 (26)	2 (20)	1.000
No	14 (74)	8 (80)
			(%)