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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastrointest Endosc. 2014 Sep;80(3):374–379. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.07.001

Table 1.

Incidence and mortality of esophageal adenocarcinoma after radiofrequency ablation therapy.

Baseline histology Patient-years of
follow-up
Incident EAC
cases, n
EAC incidence rate per 1000
person-years, [95%CI]
Deaths from
EAC, n
EAC mortality rate per 1000
person-years, [95%CI]
Nondysplastic
Barrett’s esophagus
6279 3 0.5 [0.2–1.4] 0 0 [0–0.6]
Indefinite dysplasia 959 2 2.1 [0.3–7.5] 0 0 [0–3.8]
Low grade dysplasia 2802 11 3.9 [2.0–7.0] 0 0 [0–1.3]
High grade dysplasia 2782 84 30.2 [24.1–37.4] 6 2.2 [0.8–4.7]
Total, nonmalignant 12 822 100 7.8 [6.3–9.5] 6 0.5 [0.2–1.0]
Intramucosal
adenocarcinoma
498 -- -- 2 4.0 [0.5–14.5]
Invasive
adenocarcinoma
163 -- -- 0 0 [0–22.6]
Total 13 483 -- -- 8 0.6 [0.3–1.2]

EAC, esophageal adenocarcinoma; CI, confidence interval.