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Table 3
The HEEs’ confidence levels in relation to the ME-BLI findings relative to the clinicopathological features of the tumors.
| | Clinicopathological feature | DL present | value | MSP irregular | value | MVP irregular | value | | Low confidence () | High confidence () | Low confidence () | High confidence () | Low confidence () | High confidence () |
| | Location, n (%) | | | | | | | | | | | Upper | 15 (20) | 59 (80) | | 12 (17) | 60 (83) | | 5 (7) | 66 (93) | | | Middle | 21 (15) | 117 (85) | NS | 18 (12) | 128 (88) | NS | 7 (5) | 126 (95) | NS | | Lower | 28 (14) | 175 (86) | | 21 (11) | 162 (89) | | 11 (6) | 186 (94) | | | Macroscopic type, n (%) | | | | | | | | | | | 0-I, 0–IIa | 15 (11) | 127 (89) | NS | 14 (10) | 120 (90) | NS | 5 (4) | 132 (96) | NS | | 0–IIb, 0–IIc | 49 (18) | 224 (82) | | 37 (14) | 230 (86) | | 18 (7) | 246 (93) | | | Tumor size, mm, mean (SD) | 12 (9) | 15 (11) | NS | 8 (4) | 15 (11) | <0.01 | 8 (5) | 14 (10) | <0.05 | | Histological type, n (%) | | | | | | | | | | | Differentiated | 59 (15) | 323 (85) | NS | 42 (11) | 329 (89) | NS | 20 (5) | 349 (95) | NS | | Undifferentiated | 5 (15) | 28 (85) | | 9 (29) | 22 (71) | | 3 (9) | 29 (91) | | | Depth, n (%) | | | | | | | | | | | T1a | 60 (16) | 315 (84) | NS | 49 (13) | 316 (87) | NS | 21 (6) | 343 (94) | NS | | T1b | 4 (10) | 36 (90) | | 2 (4) | 44 (96) | | 2 (5) | 35 (95) | | | Helicobacter pylori eradication, n (%) | | | | | | | | | | | Eradicated | 27 (35) | 51 (65) | <0.001 | 15 (20) | 60 (80) | NS | 8 (11) | 68 (89) | NS | | Noneradicated | 37 (11) | 300 (89) | | 36 (11) | 290 (89) | | 15 (5) | 310 (95) | |
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SD: standard deviation; DL: demarcation line; MSP: microsurface pattern; MVP: microvascular pattern; NS: not significant.
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