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Impact of Obesity on Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy

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1 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 (June 2009) DOI: /j.cgh Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

2 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, DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions

3 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, DOI: ( /j.cgh ) Copyright © 2009 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions


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