General characteristics of participating endoscopists
| Characteristic | Number (%) |
| Sex* | |
| Male | 241 (71) |
| Female | 97 (29) |
| Age (years)† | 46 (39–56) |
| Body mass index* | |
| Normal | 132 (39) |
| Overweight | 152 (45) |
| Obesity class 1 | 45 (13) |
| Obesity class 2 | 6 (2) |
| Obesity class 3 | 3 (1) |
| Comorbidity* | |
| None | 224 (66) |
| Hypertension | 63 (19) |
| Diabetes | 19 (5) |
| COPD | 1 (0.3) |
| Asthma | 5 (1.4) |
| Any cardiopathy | 9 (2.7) |
| Autoimmune disease | 3 (0.9) |
| Immunosuppressive therapy | 1 (0.3) |
| Cirrhosis | 1 (0.3) |
| Cancer | 2 (0.6) |
| Academic formation* | |
| Internal Medicine/Gastroenterology | 172 (51) |
| Surgery | 137 (40.5) |
| Other | 29 (8.5) |
| Place of work* | |
| Private | 125 (37) |
| Public | 62 (18) |
| Both | 151 (45) |
*Frequency and percentage.
†Median and IQR.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.