Experience of pain during flexible sigmoidoscopy by sex and trial centre
| Welwyn Garden City | Leicester | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pain experienced | Men (n=151) | Women (n=184) | Total (n=335) | Men (n=360) | Women (n=379) | Total (n=739) | |
| None | 57 (38) | 40 (22) | 97 (29) | 129 (37) | 94 (25) | 223 (30) | |
| Mild | 72 (48) | 101 (55) | 173 (52) | 192 (33) | 218 (58) | 410 (55) | |
| Moderate | 19 (13) | 39 (21) | 58 (17) | 35 (10) | 59 (16) | 94 (13) | |
| Severe | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 5 (1) | 2 (1) | 8 (2) | 10 (1) | |
| Not recorded | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | |
| p(trend)=0.0017-150 | |||||||
| p(trend)=0.0187-151 | p(trend)=0.00017-150 | ||||||
| Less than expected | 74 (49) | 88 (48) | 162 (48) | 164 (46) | 162 (43) | 326 (44) | |
| Same as expected | 45 (30) | 60 (33) | 105 (31) | 151 (42) | 160 (42) | 311 (42) | |
| More than expected | 28 (18) | 35 (19) | 63 (19) | 41 (11) | 54 (14) | 95 (13) | |
| Not recorded | 4 (3) | 1 (1) | 5 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 (1) | 7 (1) | |
| p(trend)=0.087-150 | p(trend)<0.257-150 | ||||||
| p(trend)=0.077-151 | |||||||