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Table 3 Lesions detected in the fast and slow endoscopist groups

From: Relationship between observation time and detection rate of focal lesions in Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: a single-center, retrospective study

 

Examinations by endoscopists with a short examination time (fast endoscopists)

(N = 12,601)

Examinations by endoscopists with a long examination time (slow endoscopists)

(N = 5756)

P value

Focal lesion, n (%)

5951 (47.2)

2957 (51.4)

< 0.001

Esophageal lesions, n (%)

2145 (17.0)

913 (15.9)

> 0.05

 Barrett’s esophagus, n (%)

380 (3.0)

114 (2.0)

< 0.001

 Benign tumors of the esophagus, n (%)

174 (1.4)

94 (1.6)

> 0.05

 Esophageal cancer, n (%)

45 (0.4)

22 (0.4)

> 0.05

 Reflux esophagitis, n (%)

1189 (9.4)

485 (8.4)

< 0.05

 Esophageal candidiasis, n (%)

33 (0.3)

24 (0.4)

> 0.05

 Esophageal ectopic gastric mucosa, n (%)

344 (2.7)

149 (2.6)

> 0.05

 Hiatal hernia, n (%)

270 (2.1)

116 (2.0)

> 0.05

 Esophageal diverticulum, n (%)

6 (0.0)

12 (0.2)

< 0.05

Gastric lesions

3746 (29.7)

2065 (35.9)

< 0.001

 Gastric ulcer, n (%)

550 (4.4)

266 (4.6)

> 0.05

 Atrophic gastritis, n (%)

1536 (12.2)

951 (16.5)

< 0.001

 Atrophic gastritis with intestinal metaplasia, n (%)

293 (2.3)

80 (1.4)

< 0.001

 Gastric polyps, n (%)

1754 (13.9)

954 (16.6)

< 0.001

 Submucosal tumors of the gastric, n (%)

219 (1.7)

137 (2.4)

< 0.01

 Gastric cancer, n (%)

90 (0.7)

44 (0.8)

> 0.05

 Extra gastric compression, n (%)

24 (0.2)

19 (0.3)

> 0.05

 Gastric diverticulum, n (%)

6 (0.0)

4 (0.1)

> 0.05

Duodenal lesions, n (%)

1322 (10.5)

637 (11.1)

> 0.05

 Duodenal polyps, n (%)

90 (0.7)

62 (1.1)

< 0.05

 Duodenal ulcer, n (%)

1076 (8.5)

514 (8.9)

> 0.05

 Duodenal diverticulum, n (%)

51 (0.4)

20 (0.3)

> 0.05

 Submucosal tumors of the duodenal, n (%)

164 (1.3)

77 (1.3)

> 0.05