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. 2025 Oct 14;60(4):299–308. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000002255

TABLE 2.

Patient Cohort Characteristics for Studies Included in the Meta-analysis

Pathologist diagnosis, n (%) Segment length category, n (%) or cm, median (IQR)
First author (study number) Study design No. patients Progressors Non-progressors Sex—male, n (%) Age (y) Progressors Non-progressors
Critchley-Thorne et al18 (1) Nested case-control Progressors: 38
Non-progressors: 145
NDBE=31 (81.6)
IND=2 (5.3)
LGD=5 (13.2)
NDBE=138 (95.2)
IND=2 (1.4)
LGD=5 (3.4)
Progressors: 33 (86.8)
Non-progressors: 114 (78.6)
Progressors: Mean: 60.1
+/- SD: 11.3
Non-progressors:
Mean: 61.0
+/- SD: 12.1
Short=10
(26.3)
Long=27 (71.1)Unknown=1 (2.6)
Short=58
(40.0)
Long=73 (50.3)
Unknown=14 (9.7)
Critchley-Thorne et al19 (2) Nested case-control Progressors: 30
Non-progressors: 145
NDBE=13 (43.3)
IND=1 (3.3)
LGD=16 (53.3)
NDBE=138 (95.2)
IND=2 (1.4)
LGD=5 (3.4)
Progressors: 28 (93.3)
Non-progressors: 114 (78.6)
Progressors: Mean: 61.8
+/- SD: 9.5
Non-progressors: Mean: 61.0
+/- SD: 12.1
Short=9
(30.0)
Long=19 (63.3)Unknown=2 (6.7)
Short=58
(40.0)
Long=73 (50.3)
Unknown=14 (9.7)
Davison et al20 (3) Nested case-control Progressors: 58
Non-progressors: 210
NDBE=43 (74.1)
IND=5 (8.6)
LGD=10 (17.2)
NDBE=184 (87.6)
IND=18 (8.6)
LGD=8 (3.8)
Progressors: 52 (89.7)
Non-progressors: 152 (72.4)
Progressors: Median: 63.8
IQR: 57-69.1
Non-progressors: Median: 60.8
IQR: 52.6-68
Short=17
(29.3)
Long=38 (65.5)Unknown=3 (5.2)
Short=92
(43.8)
Long=113 (53.8)Unknown=5 (2.4)
Frei et al21 (4) Nested case-control Progressors: 38
Non-progressors: 38
NDBE=38 (100)
IND=0 (0)
LGD=0 (0)
NDBE=38 (100)
IND=0 (0)
LGD=0 (0)
Progressors: 31 (82)
Non-progressors: 27 (71)
Progressors: Median: 64
IQR: 57-71
Non-progressors: Median: 62
IQR: 53-71
Median: 7
IQR: 5-8
Median: 6
IQR: 5-8
Frei et al22 (5)§ Retrospective cohort study Progressors: 34
Non-progressors: 121
NDBE=0 (0)
IND=0 (0)
LGD*,§=34 (100)
NDBE=0 (0)
IND=0 (0)
LGD*,§=121 (100)
Progressors: 29 (85)
Non-progressors: 94 (78)
Progressors: Mean: 64
+/- SD: 9
Non-progressors:
Mean: 61
+/- SD: 11
Median: 5
IQR: 3-7
Median: 4
IQR: 3-5
Khoshiwal et al24 (6)§ Retrospective cohort study Progressors: 24
Non-progressors: 130
NDBE=9 (36.8)
IND/LGD=15 (63.2)
NDBE=96 (73.5)
IND/LGD=34 (26.5)
Progressors: 20 (83.3)
Non-progressors: 102 (78.5)
Progressors: Mean: 63.5
+/- SD: 9.5
Non-progressors: Mean: 61.0
+/- SD: 10.4
Median: 5.0
IQR: 3.0-6.3
Median: 4.0
IQR: 3.0-5.5
Totals Progressors: 185
Non-progressors:
514
Total patients: 699
NDBE = 134 (71.3)
IND/LGD = 54 (28.7)
NDBE=456 (87.2)
IND/LGD=67 (12.8)
Progressors and non-progressors:
NDBE = 590 (83.0)​
IND/LGD = 121 (17.0)
*

Community-based diagnosis.

Study 1 and 2 utilized the same set of non-progressor patients as described in the Critchley-Thorne et al, 201719 study publication.

Study 4 included evaluation of additional spatial and temporal biopsies from 13 progressors that were also evaluated in study 1.

§

Study 5 and 6 evaluated the same cohort of patients (except for 1 patient), but progression outcomes were determined at different time points and diagnoses were provided by different pathologists.

Total number of progressors/non-progressors and total patients includes only unique patients. Totals for NDBE and IND/LGD include all patients.

NDBE indicates non-dysplastic Barrett’s esophagus; IND, indefinite for dysplasia; LGD, low-grade dysplasia; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.