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. 2019 Jun 1;30(6):549–556. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2019.18210

Table 1.

Relationship between lesion morphology and pathological diagnosis under different endoscopic magnification methods [%].

Endoscopic performance Patients Pathological diagnosis

Chronic gastritis (n=149) Intestinal metaplasia (n=67) Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia (n=8) High-grade Intraepithelial neoplasia or early gastric cancer (n=25)
White light magnification
Microvascular morphology
 Regular 182 121 (81.2) 53 (79.1) 4 (50.0) 4 (16.0)
 Irregular/absent 67 28 (18.8) 14 (20.9) 4 (50.0) 21 (84.0)
Microtubule morphology
 Regular 182 118 (81.2) 54 (80.6) 5 (62.5) 5 (20.0)
 Irregular/absent 67 31 (18.8) 13 (19.4) 3 (37.5) 20 (80.0)
Dividing line
 Exist 39 12 (8.1) 4 (6.0) 4 (50.0) 19 (76.0)
 Not exist 210 137 (91.9) 63 (94.0) 4 (50.0) 6 (24.0)
BLI-contrast magnification
Microvascular morphology
 Regular 215 143 (96.0) 66 (98.5) 5 (62.5) 1 (4.0)
 Irregular/absent 34 6 (4.0) 1 (1.5) 3 (37.5) 24 (96.0)
Microtubule morphology
 Regular 215 145 (97.3) 65 (97.0) 4 (50.0) 1 (4.0)
 Irregular/absent 34 4 (2.7) 2 (3.0) 4 (50.0) 24 (96.0)
Dividing line
 Exist 25 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (25.0) 23 (92.0)
 Not exist 224 149 (100.0) 67 (100.0) 6 (75.0) 2 (8.0)
BLI-bright magnification
Microvascular morphology
 Regular 214 144 (96.6) 64 (95.5) 6 (75.0) 0 (0.0)
 Irregular/absent 35 5 (3.4) 3 (4.5) 2 (25.0) 25 (100.0)
Microtubule morphology
 Regular 215 143 (96.0) 66 (98.5) 5 (62.5) 1 (4.0)
 Irregular/absent 34 6 (4.0) 1 (1.5) 3 (37.5) 24 (96.0)
Dividing line
 Exist 28 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 3 (37.5) 25 (100.0)
 Not exist 221 149 (100.0) 67 (100.0) 5 (62.5) 0 (0.0)