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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2011 Feb 24;56(6):1702–1706. doi: 10.1007/s10620-011-1620-3

Table 2.

Comparison of endoscopic and histological characteristics of FBE and non-FBE probands

FBE Non-FBE p value
BE length, median (cm) 3 IQR 2-5 3 IQR 1-6 0.78
Hiatal hernia size, median (cm) 2 IQR 2-4 3 IQR 2-4 0.90
H. pylori-positive 1 2.9% 15 2.7% 0.89
Barrett’s-associated pathology 0.03*
 No dysplasia 10 28.6% 91 16.0%
 Indefinite for dysplasia 6 17.1% 38 6.7%
 Low-grade dysplasia 7 20.0% 91 16.0%
 High-grade dysplasia 6 17.1% 164 28.9%
 Adenocarcinoma 6 17.1% 176 31.0%
 Unknowna 0 0.0% 8 1.4%

FBE Familial Barrett’s Esophagus, BE Barrett’s esophagus

*

Overall p value

a

Original pathology reports unavailable