Table 3 Withdrawal time of each procedure (LCI/WLI).

From: Linked color imaging improves polyp miss rates in total colonoscopy in a multicenter randomized back to back trial

 

LCI (n = 327)

LS mean

WLI (n = 320)

LS mean

Difference in LCI-WLI

(95% CI)

P-value

Ascending colon

1.37

1.37

0.00 (-0.09–0.10)

0.960

Transverse colon

1.65

1.53

0.12 (0.03–0.21)

0.009

Descending colon

1.06

1.07

-0.01 (-0.06–0.05)

0.807

Sigmoidal colon-rectum

2.58

2.42

0.15 (0.04–0.27)

0.009

Total

6.66

6.38

0.27 (0.05–0.49)

0.016

  1. LS mean: least square mean. The unit is minutes.
  2. P-value: Cross-over ANOVA (LCI-WLI/WLI-LCI), observation (first/second observation), and imaging (LCI/WLI) as fixed effects and subject as a random effect.
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