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

Table 2.

Comparison of diagnosis between pathology and different endoscopic magnification methods.

Endoscopic magnification method 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
Chronic gastritis 163 132 26 2 3
Intestinal metaplasia 49 9 37 1 2
Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia 9 3 0 4 2
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or early gastric cancer 28 5 4 1 18
BLI-contrast magnification
Chronic gastritis 156 138 18 0 0
Intestinal metaplasia 58 7 47 4 0
Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia 8 2 0 4 2
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or early gastric cancer 27 2 2 0 23
BLI-bright magnification
Chronic gastritis 155 139 16 0 0
Intestinal metaplasia 60 7 50 3 0
Low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia 9 3 0 4 2
High-grade intraepithelial neoplasia or early gastric cancer 25 0 1 1 23