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. 2022 Apr 11;36(10):7577–7587. doi: 10.1007/s00464-022-09197-8

Table 2.

Relationship between NICE classification and pathological findings, and diagnostic performance of NBI, Laser-BLI and LED-BLI

Pathological findings Diagnostic performance
NICE classification N (%) HP/SSL LGD+HGD+s-SM d-SM Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Accuracy Cronbach’s alpha
NBI Type 1 176 (23.0) 125 51 0 85.6 (79.9-91.3) 91.8 (89.6-93.9) 71.0 (64.3-77.7) 96.4 (94.9-97.9) 90.6 (88.5-92.7)
Type 2 583 (76.2) 21 562 0 91.4 (89.2-93.6) 88.4(83.2-93.6) 96.4 (94.9-97.9) 70.1(63.5-76.7) 90.3 (88.2-92.4)
Type 3 6 (0.8) 0 2 4 100 (100.0-100.0) 99.7 (99.4-100.1) 66.7 (28.9-104.4) 100 (100.0-100.0) 99.5 (99.0-100.0)
Total 765 (100) 146 615 4 0.961

Laser-

BLI

Type 1 231 (26.5) 210 21 0 82.7 (78.0-87.3) 96.6 (95.2-98.0) 90.9 (87.2-94.6) 93.1 (91.2-95.1) 92.5 (90.8-94.3)
Type 2 638 (73.2) 44 594 0 96.1 (94.6-97.6) 82.7 (78.0-87.3) 93.1 (91.1-95.1) 89.7 (85.9-93.6) 92.2 (90.4-94.0)
Type 3 3 (0.3) 0 3 0 N/A 99.7 (99.3-100.0) 0 (0.0-0.0) 100 (100.0-100.0) 99.7 (99.3-100.0)
Total 872 (100) 254 618 0 0.962

LED-

BLI

Type 1 231 (31.0) 179 57 0 84.0 (79.1-89.0) 89.6 (87.0-92.2) 75.8 (70.4-81.3) 93.5 (91.4-95.6) 88.0 (85.7-90.3)
Type 2 525 (69.0) 34 491 0 89.6 (87.0-92.2) 84.0 (79.1-89.0) 93.5 (91.4-95.6) 75.8 (70.4-81.3) 88.0 (85.7-90.3)
Type 3 0 (0) 0 0 0 N/A 100 (100.0-100.0) N/A 100 (100.0-100.0) 100 (100.0-100.0)
Total 761 (100) 213 548 0 0.917

This table shows cumulative results of the four evaluators

NBI narrow band imaging, Laser-BLI blue laser imaging, LED-BLI blue light imaging, NICE NBI international colorectal endoscopic, SSL sessile serrated lesion, s-SM shallow submucosal, d-SM deep submucosal, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value