Appropriateness of indication and diagnostic yield of colonoscopy: First report based on the 2000 guidelines of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Table 6 Clinical findings on colonoscopy by appropriateness of referral

	Appropriateness of referral1n (%)
	Generally indicated	Generally not indicated	Not listed
Cancer	21 (4.5)	0a	3 (2.5)
Adenoma	54 (11.5)	1 (0.7)c	4 (3.4)a
IBD2	62 (13.2)	6 (4.0)c	8 (6.7)
Other colitides3	36 (1.3)	0	1 (0.8)
Angiodysplasia	5 (1.1)	0	0

¹According to 2000 American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) guidelines on appropriate use of gastrointestinal endoscopy[9].

²IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.

³Non-specific colitis (3), infectious colitis (3), eosinophilic colitis (1).

^aP<0.05 compared to “Generally indicated”. cP<0.005 compared to “Generally indicated”.