Table 3. Mean polyp visibility scores for each clinical characteristic in WL, LCI and BLI-bright mode.
P value | |||||||
Number of patients | WL | LCI | BLI | WL vs LCI | WL vs BLI | LCI vs BLI | |
Right-sided | 55 | 2.22 ± 1.04 | 2.61 ± 1.07 | 2.32 ± 1.08 | < 0.001 | 0.12 | < 0.001 |
Not right-sided | 46 | 2.91 ± 1.17 | 3.15 ± 1.03 | 3.32 ± 0.99 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.18 |
≥ 10 mm | 38 | 2.65 ± 1.15 | 3.00 ± 1.21 | 2.82 ± 1.13 | < 0.001 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
< 10 mm | 63 | 2.46 ± 1.15 | 2.67 ± 1.13 | 2.68 ± 1.47 | < 0.001 | 0.07 | < 0.001 |
Ad, Tis | 74 | 2.68 ± 1.17 | 3.06 ± 1.04 | 2.91 ± 1.13 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.009 |
SSA/P | 20 | 2.08 ± 1.03 | 2.20 ± 0.99 | 2.00 ± 0.94 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 0.02 |
Polypoid | 47 | 2.56 ± 1.22 | 2.81 ± 1.15 | 2.69 ± 1.22 | < 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
Non-polypoid | 54 | 2.51 ± 1.10 | 2.90 ± 1.03 | 2.76 ± 1.06 | < 0.001 | 0.03 | < 0.001 |
Poor preparation | 23 | 2.42 ± 1.13 | 2.72 ± 1.11 | 2.31 ± 1.09 | 0.004 | 0.33 | < 0.001 |
Good preparation | 78 | 2.55 ± 1.19 | 2.89 ± 1.09 | 2.79 ± 1.18 | < 0.001 | 0.03 | < 0.001 |
WL: white light; LCI: linked color imaging; BLI: blue laser imaging; Ad: adenoma; Tis: intramucosal cancer; SSA/P: sessile serrated adenoma/polyp.