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Table 2 Factors Affecting Complete Eradication of Dysplasia

From: Length of Barrett’s segment predicts failure of eradication in radiofrequency ablation for Barrett’s esophagus: a retrospective cohort study

 

All Patientsa

Complete Eradication of Dysplasia

Incomplete Eradication of Dysplasia

 
 

107

100.0%

82

76.6%

25

23.4%

p-valueb

Patient Characteristics

Race

 White

103

96.3%

80

97.6%

23

92.0%

0.232

 Other

4

3.7%

2

2.4%

2

8.0%

Sex

 Male

93

86.9%

69

84.1%

24

96.0%

0.180

 Female

14

13.1%

13

15.9%

1

4.0%

 Age

c64

(58-72)

c 64

(57–72)

c 66

(59–76)

0.336

 BMI

c 29.1

(25.5–32.6)

c 30.5

(26.5–33.1)

c 27.45

(24.5–30)

0.045

Dysplasia

 HGD

44

41.1%

30

36.6%

14

56.0%

0.084

 LGD

63

58.9%

52

63.4%

11

44.0%

Comorbidities

   

0.0%

   

 GERD

75

70.1%

60

73.2%

15

60.0%

0.208

 Hyperlipidemia

26

24.3%

20

24.4%

6

24.0%

0.968

 Diabetes

25

23.4%

18

22.0%

7

28.0%

0.532

 Hypertension

59

55.1%

40

48.8%

19

76.0%

0.017

History of Tobacco Usage

 Yes

60

56.1%

43

52.4%

17

68.0%

0.350

 No

33

30.8%

28

34.1%

5

20.0%

 Unknown

14

13.1%

11

13.4%

3

12.0%

Endoscopic Treatments Received

 EMR

24

22.4%

18

22.0%

6

24.0%

0.732

Length

 Median, IQR

5

(2–7)

4

(2–7)

6

(2–8)

0.150

 </= 5 cm

64

59.8%

52

63.4%

12

48.0%

0.038

  > 5 cm

43

40.2%

30

36.6%

13

52.0%

Number of RFA’s

 Median, IQR

3

(2–5)

3

(2–5)

4

(2–5)

0.066

  ≤ 3

62

57.9%

52

63.4%

10

40.0%

0.064

  >  3

45

42.1%

30

36.6%

15

60.0%

 
  1. aData presented as N (%) or median (IQR)
  2. bp-value ≤0.05 is significant
  3. caverage; not total number of patients