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. 2019 Dec 11;14(5):581–588. doi: 10.5009/gnl19243

Table 4.

Associated Endoscopic Findings of the Overestimation and Underestimation of Depth Diagnosis by Endoscopic Ultrasound

Variable Underestimation Overestimation


Multivariate OR (95% CI) p-value Multivariate OR (95% CI) p-value
Position in the gastric wall
Lesser curvature 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
Greater curvature 1.5 (0.5–4.8) 0.45 0.4 (0.2–1.2) 0.12
Anterior wall 3.3 (1.1–9.8) 0.03* 1.3 (0.5–3.3) 0.56
Posterior wall 1.1 (0.4–3.4) 0.87 0.7 (0.3–1.6) 0.37
Location of the lesions
Upper 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
Middle 0.8 (0.3–1.9) 0.60 0.9 (0.4–2.0) 0.83
Lower 0.3 (0.1–1.0) 0.06 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 0.57
Macroscopic feature (predominant)
0-I 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
0-IIa 0.4 (0.1–1.2) 0.11 3.0 (0.4–25.3) 0.31
0-IIb 0.7 (0.1–9.1) 0.78 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 0.99
0-IIc 0.4 (0.1–1.3) 0.11 5.0 (0.6–39.9) 0.13
Ulceration status (endoscopic)
Ulcer (–) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
Ulcer (+) 0.8 (0.3–2.4) 0.69 1.8 (0.8–4.2) 0.12

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

*p<0.05.