Introduction
Methods
Study design
Participants
Endoscopists and EGD examination
Definitions and outcomes
Statistical methods
Results
Participants
Examination time and focal lesion detection rate
Endoscopist | Expert | Number of EGD | Number of EGD without biopsy (N, %) | Mean examination time of EGD (min) (Mean ± SD) | Number of EGDs detected with focal lesions (N, %) | |
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Endoscopists with a short examination time (fast endoscopists) | 2 | NO | 310 | 235 (75.8) | 3.5 ± 3.1 | 129 (41.6) |
4 | YES | 960 | 763 (79.5) | 3.3 ± 2.9 | 394 (41.0) | |
5 | NO | 559 | 436 (78.0) | 4.3 ± 3.9 | 215 (38.5) | |
8 | YES | 1098 | 803 (73.1) | 4.6 ± 3.6 | 527 (48.0) | |
9 | YES | 2685 | 1857 (69.2) | 5.6 ± 4.1 | 1266 (47.2) | |
11 | NO | 201 | 162 (80.6) | 4.1 ± 2.5 | 53 (26.4) | |
16 | YES | 180 | 115 (63.9) | 5.5 ± 2.9 | 128 (71.1) | |
17 | NO | 472 | 327 (69.3) | 5.1 ± 3.0 | 190 (40.3) | |
18 | YES | 1008 | 750 (74.4) | 4.4 ± 3.0 | 479 (47.5) | |
19 | YES | 371 | 233 (62.8) | 5.4 ± 4.3 | 165 (44.5) | |
21 | YES | 220 | 110 (50.0) | 5.7 ± 3.8 | 124 (56.4) | |
22 | NO | 275 | 130 (47.3) | 5.9 ± 3.7 | 210 (76.4) | |
24 | YES | 596 | 502 (84.2) | 3.8 ± 3.7 | 277 (46.5) | |
25 | NO | 578 | 293 (50.7) | 5.4 ± 3.8 | 339 (58.7) | |
28 | YES | 1806 | 1317 (72.9) | 3.9 ± 3.0 | 851 (47.1) | |
31 | NO | 574 | 428 (74.6) | 4.9 ± 3.3 | 282 (49.1) | |
33 | YES | 708 | 559 (79.0) | 5.6 ± 3.6 | 322 (45.5) | |
Endoscopists with a long examination time (slow endoscopists) | 1 | YES | 405 | 284 (70.1) | 7.9 ± 4.8 | 227 (56.0) |
3 | YES | 533 | 311 (58.3) | 7.3 ± 5.0 | 310 (58.2) | |
6 | YES | 96 | 64 (66.7) | 6.0 ± 4.0 | 33 (34.4) | |
7 | NO | 433 | 273 (63.0) | 6.7 ± 4.9 | 189 (43.6) | |
10 | NO | 609 | 443 (72.7) | 7.7 ± 4.3 | 322 (52.9) | |
12 | YES | 322 | 254 (78.9) | 5.8 ± 4.2 | 145 (45.0) | |
13 | YES | 137 | 51 (37.2) | 9.0 ± 4.4 | 94 (68.6) | |
14 | YES | 333 | 225 (67.6) | 8.8 ± 6.7 | 200 (60.1) | |
15 | NO | 241 | 127 (52.7) | 6.9 ± 3.7 | 128 (53.1) | |
20 | NO | 259 | 149 (57.5) | 7.9 ± 4.2 | 167 (64.5) | |
23 | NO | 420 | 250 (59.5) | 7.7 ± 3.4 | 226 (53.8) | |
26 | YES | 638 | 469 (73.5) | 6.1 ± 4.4 | 254 (39.8) | |
27 | NO | 395 | 308 (78.0) | 5.7 ± 2.9 | 173 (43.8) | |
29 | YES | 212 | 110 (51.9) | 7.6 ± 4.7 | 112 (52.8) | |
30 | NO | 572 | 309 (54.0) | 6.3 ± 4.2 | 315 (55.1) | |
32 | NO | 151 | 112 (74.2) | 8.9 ± 4.7 | 62 (41.1) | |
Total | 33 | 18 | 18,357 | 12,759 (69.5) | 5.5 ± 4.1 | 8908 (48.5) |
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 | |
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Endoscopist | |||
Male, n (%) | 6509 (51.7) | 1885 (32.7) | < 0.001 |
Expert, n (%) | 9632 (76.4) | 2676 (46.5) | < 0.001 |
Patient | |||
Male (N, %) | 5838 (46.3) | 2812 (48.9) | < 0.001 |
Age, M (IQR) | 50.0 (36.0,59.0) | 48.0 (34.0,58.0) | < 0.001 |
Number of images, M (IQR) | 58 (44,76) | 59 (45,77) | < 0.05 |
Sedation (N, %) | 10,000 (79.4%) | 3946 (68.6%) | < 0.001 |
Biopsy specimen taken (N, %) | 3581 (28.4%) | 2017 (35.0%) | < 0.001 |
Detection rate of focal lesions
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 | |
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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 |
Factors associated with detection of focal lesions
Variables | Focal lesions, n (%) | Univariate Analysis OR (95 % CI, P value) | Multivariable analysis OR (95 % CI, P value) | |
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Times | Total | 1.13 (1.12–1.14, P < 0.001) | 1.04 (1.03–1.05, P < 0.001) | |
< 5 | 3549 (39.8%) | |||
[5,10) | 3998 (44.9%) | 2.26 (2.12–2.41, P < 0.001) | 1.42 (1.31–1.53, P < 0.001) | |
[10,15) | 917 (10.3%) | 3.00 (2.67–3.37, P < 0.001) | 1.49 (1.30–1.70, P < 0.001) | |
[15,20) | 285 (3.2%) | 4.23 (3.38–5.28, P < 0.001) | 1.95 (1.52–2.50, P < 0.001) | |
>=20 | 159 (1.8%) | 3.27 (2.49–4.29, P < 0.001) | 1.49 (1.10–2.02, P = 0.010) | |
Patient age | Total | 1.04 (1.04–1.05, P < 0.001) | 1.04 (1.03–1.04, P < 0.001) | |
[18,40) | 1920 (21.6%) | |||
[40,60) | 4244 (47.6%) | 2.22 (2.07–2.38, P < 0.001) | 1.84 (1.70–1.98, P < 0.001) | |
[60,80) | 2667 (29.9%) | 4.47 (4.10–4.87, P < 0.001) | 3.60 (3.28–3.95, P < 0.001) | |
>=80 | 77 (0.9%) | 9.11 (5.44–15.27, P < 0.001) | 8.31 (4.86–14.18, P < 0.001) | |
Patient gender | Female | 4270 (47.9%) | ||
Male | 4638 (52.1%) | 1.47 (1.39–1.56, P < 0.001) | 1.45 (1.36–1.55, P < 0.001) | |
Endoscopist gender | Female | 4857 (54.5%) | ||
Male | 4051 (45.5%) | 0.98 (0.93–1.04, P = 0.508) | ||
Expert | NO | 3000 (33.7%) | ||
YES | 5908 (66.3%) | 0.94 (0.88-1.00, P = 0.042) | 0.92 (0.86–0.99, P = 0.028) | |
Group | FAST | 5951 (66.8%) | ||
SLOW | 2957 (33.2%) | 1.18 (1.11–1.26, P < 0.001) | 0.98 (0.91–1.06, P = 0.590) | |
Biopsy | NO | 4697 (52.7%) | ||
YES | 4211 (47.3%) | 5.21 (4.86–5.59, P < 0.001) | 3.66 (3.39–3.95, P < 0.001) | |
Sedation | NO | 2122 (23.8%) | ||
YES | 6786 (76.2%) | 1.02 (0.96–1.09, P = 0.522) | ||
Number of images | Total | 1.01 (1.01–1.01, P < 0.001) | 1.01 (1.00-1.01, P < 0.001) |