Polyethylene glycol 3350 based colon cleaning protocol: 2 d vs 4 d head to head comparison

Table 1 Clinical data

Protocol	4 d	2 d	P value1
No patients	40	38
Age (yr, mean ± SD)	10.10 ± 4.6	9.91 ± 4.7	0.792
Male/female ration	1.0:1.0	0.8:1.0	0.8114
No stools/d (mean ± SD)2	5.15 ± 2.6	7.88 ± 4.1	0.001
Consistency (mean ± SD)2	5.65 ± 0.8	5.49 ± 0.9	0.904
Colon grade (mean ± SD)	3.50 ± 1.1	4.01 ± 1.0	0.140
Colon grade (≥ 4)3	23 (57.5%)	28 (73.6%)	0.2064

¹P value: wilcoxon signed rank test;

²At the last day of protocol;

³Grade ≥ 4 considered adequate preparation;

⁴P value: χ² analysis.