Table 1.

Characteristics of superficial gastric neoplasias detected by white light imaging and of those detected not by white light imaging but by autofluorescence imaging

Detection mode	WLI	not WLI but AFI	P value
n (%)	22 (81)	5 (19)
Mean tumor size (mm)	12.1 (5-60)	11.6 (5-20)	0.400
Color (reddish: whitish)	16:6	0:5	0.006
Type (protruded:depressed)	14:8	5:0	0.280
Location (U:M:L)	2:9:11	0:2:3	0.640
Pathology (carcinoma:adenoma)	16:6	0:5	0.006

WLI: White light imaging; AFI: Autofluorescence imaging; U: Upper-third portion of the body; M: Middle-third portion of the body; L: Lower-third portion of the body.