Clinical outcomes according to bowel preparation type
| Moviprep 2 days | Senna & Citramag 2 days | Plenvu 2 days | Plenvu 1 day | P value | |
| n | 218 | 108 | 152 | 75 | |
| Boston Bowel Preparation Scale score | |||||
| Right | 2.3±0.6 | 2.3±0.6 | 2.5±0.6 | 2.6±0.5 | <0.001 |
| Transverse | 2.4±0.6 | 2.6±0.5 | 2.6±0.5 | 2.6±0.5 | <0.001 |
| Left | 2.4±0.6 | 2.3±0.6 | 2.6±0.6 | 2.6±0.5 | <0.001 |
| Total | 7.1±1.7 | 7.0±1.7 | 7.7±1.6 | 7.8±1.4 | <0.001 |
| Fluid volumes (mL) | |||||
| Total introduced | 400 (250, 550) | 400 (250, 653) | 400 (250, 600) | 450 (300, 650) | 0.59 |
| Total suctioned | 500 (400, 700) | 500 (400, 800) | 550 (400, 800) | 600 (450, 800) | 0.02 |
| Net amount | −100 (−200, 0) | −100 (−280, 0) | −150 (−300, 0) | −150 (−270 to –50) | 0.04 |
| Procedure times (minutes) | |||||
| Insertion time | 7.2 (5.2, 9.9) | 6.5 (4.6, 9.0) | 7.3 (5.3, 9.6) | 7.0 (5.0, 8.5) | 0.24 |
| Caecum time | 1.8 (1.1, 2.6) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.4) | 1.7 (1.0, 2.5) | 1.9 (1.0, 2.8) | 0.55 |
| Withdrawal time | 15.0 (10.3, 20.3) | 14.5 (10.1, 21.3) | 15.6 (10.3, 23.0) | 17.1 (11.4, 24.4) | 0.05 |
| Total time | 25.1 (20.2, 31.5) | 24.3 (18.5, 30.3) | 25.4 (19.6, 33.3) | 27.4 (21.0, 35.0) | 0.10 |
| Polyp detection | |||||
| Polyps per colonoscopy | 2.5 (1, 5) | 2 (1, 5) | 3 (1, 6) | 2 (1, 5) | 0.28 |
| Polyp detection rate (%) | 83% (182/218) | 80% (86/108) | 84% (127/152) | 84% (63/75) | 0.81 |
| Adenoma detection rate (%) | 73% (159/218) | 66% (71/108) | 74% (112/152) | 64% (48/75) | 0.26 |
| SP6 | 0.94 (0.49, 1.50) | 0.86 (0.25, 1.39) | 0.94 (0.43, 1.64) | 0.64 (0.21, 1.36) | 0.13 |
| Inadequate preparation requiring repeat colonoscopy or CTVC (%) | |||||
| Inadequate prep | 2% (5/218) | 2% (2/108) | 3% (4/152) | 0% (0/75) | 0.69 |
Summary statistics are: mean±SD, median (IQR) or percentage (number/total number).
P values reaching statistical significance are shown in bold.