Impact of Obesity on Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy Brian B. Borg, Nitin K. Gupta, Gary R. Zuckerman, Bhaskar Banerjee, C. Prakash Gyawali  Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology  Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 670-675 (June 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.014 Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Distribution of raw and composite outcome scores determining adequacy of bowel preparation at colonoscopy, in relationship to BMI. As the BMI increased, the proportion of patients with inadequate bowel preparation scores (dark bars) also increased. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2009 7, 670-675DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.014) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Cumulative likelihood of an inadequate bowel preparation as measured by the composite outcome score, with the inclusion of additional risk factors for inadequate bowel preparation (as identified by multivariate logistic regression) in patients with an abnormal BMI (≥25). Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2009 7, 670-675DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.014) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions