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.