| Table 1: Characteristics of colorectal lesions analyzed by digital chromoendoscopy (FICE group) and real-time chromoendoscopy (indigo carmine group). |
| | Variable | FICE (95) (%) | Indigo carmine (120) (%) |
| | Sex | | | | Female | 35 (53.8) | 39 (56.5) | | Male | 30 (46.2) | 30 (43.5) | | Mean age (years) | 60.2 | 60.9 | | Histopathology | | | | Neoplastic | 67 (70.5) | 86 (71.7) | | Nonneoplastic | 28 (29.5) | 34 (28.3) | | Histopathology | | | | Tubular adenoma | 57 (60) | 68 (56.7) | | Tubulovillous adenoma | 9 (9.5) | 14 (11.6) | | Serrated adenoma | 1 (1.1) | 4 (3.3) | | Hyperplastic polyp | 28 (29.5) | 34 (28.3) | | Macroscopic type | | | | Flat | 55 (57.9) | 77 (64.2) | | Protruded | 40 (42.1) | 43 (35.8) | | Macroscopic classification | | | | 0-IIa | 44 (46.3) | 72 (60) | | 0-IIa + dep | 7 (7.4) | 2 (1.7) | | 0-IIa + IIc | 2 (2.1) | 2 (1.7) | | 0-IIc + IIa | 1 (1.1) | 1 (0.8) | | 0-IIc | 1 (1.1) | 0 | | 0-Is | 37 (38.9) | 41 (34.1) | | 0-Isp | 1 (1.1) | 2 (1.7) | | 0-Ip | 2 (2.1) | 0 | | Location | | | | Rectum | 19 (20) | 20 (16.7) | | Sigmoid colon | 23 (24.2) | 25 (20.8) | | Descending colon | 18 (18.9) | 22 (18.3) | | Transverse colon | 15 (15.8) | 21 (17.5) | | Ascending colon | 12 (12.6) | 26 (21.7) | | Cecum | 8 (8.4) | 6 (5%) |
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FICE: Fujinon intelligent color enhancement.
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