Value of Magnifying Chromoendoscopy and Magnifying Optical Enhancement Technology in Classifying Colorectal Polyps: A Prospective Controlled Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the subject subjects.

	ME-OE	ME-CE	Overall	value
Number	110	110	220	NA
Gender (M/F)	56/54	53/57	109/111	0.686
Age () (y)				0.121
Indication				0.154
Screening	21	14	35
Symptoms	43	34	77
Surveillance	23	35	58
Examination	23	27	50
Bowel cleansing (BBPS)				0.08
6/7	7/17	6/32	13/49
8/9	47/39	34/38	81/77

ME-CE: magnifying chromoendoscopy; ME-OE: magnifying optical enhancement technology; BBPS: Boston Bowel Preparation Scale; NA: not applicable; SD: standard deviation.