Mortality and rate of hospitalization stratified by patients’ BMI in a colonoscopy screening – a cross sectional analysis of data from Polish Colonoscopy Screening Platform
Overweight and obesity are not clinically relevant risk factors for mortality and hospitalization six weeks before or 30 days after screening colonoscopy. Obese males may be more likely to require hospital care after colonoscopy.
Authors
- Piotr Spychalski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7111-4660)
- Nastazja Pilonis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3806-8679)
- Paulina Wieszczy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-1305)
- Jarosław Reguła (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7071-3151)
- Jarek Kobiela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-6615)
- Michał F. Kamiński (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-6457)
- Katarzyna Połomska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1719-1215)
Institutions
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine (PL)
- The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (PL)
- Gdańsk Medical University (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2024-10-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00365521.2024.2410795
- Primary Topic
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00