Table 2.
Comparison of diagnostic yield between multislice CT (MSCT) and capsule endoscopy (CE) examinations
| Diagnosis | Pathogeny | Overall | Subgrouped by clinical bleeding pattern |
Subgrouped by age |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overt bleeding subgroup | Occult bleeding subgroup | 40 years of age and older subgroup | Younger than 40 years of age subgroup | |||
| MSCT | Total numbers of allocated patients, n | 82 | 49 | 33 | 43 | 39 |
| Vascular abnormalities, n | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Occupying lesions, n | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Diverticulum, n | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Polyp, n | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Inflammatory lesions, n | 14 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 5 | |
| Diagnostic yield, n (%) | 39 (47.56%) | 25 (51.02%) | 14 (42.42%) | 19 (44.19%) | 20 (51.28%) | |
| CE | Total numbers of allocated patients, n | 67 | 42 | 25 | 47 | 20 |
| Vascular abnormalities, n | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |
| Occupying lesions, n | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Diverticulum, n | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Polyp, n | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Mucosal protrusion, n | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mucosal inflammation, n | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ulcer/erosion, n | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Intestinal bleeding, n | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Hookworm, n | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Diagnostic yield, n (%) | 46 (68.66%)a | 31 (76.19%)a | 15 (60%) | 29 (61.7%) | 17 (85%)a | |
a
p < 0.05 compared with MSCT.