Barrett’s Esophagus in Women: Demographic Features and Progression to High-Grade Dysplasia and Cancer Gary W. Falk, Prashanthi N. Thota, Joel E. Richter, Jason T. Connor, Don M. Wachsberger Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume 3, Issue 11, Pages 1089-1094 (November 2005) DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(05)00606-3 Copyright © 2005 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow diagram of study patients in Barrett’s registry. The surveillance group was defined as patients who had at least 2 surveillance endoscopies with at least 1 year of follow-up. Prevalence cases were patients who had high-grade dysplasia or cancer at the index endoscopy or within 1 year of index endoscopy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2005 3, 1089-1094DOI: (10.1016/S1542-3565(05)00606-3) Copyright © 2005 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier curve demonstrating the time from entry into Barrett’s registry to the development of incident high-grade dysplasia (HGD)/cancer. There was no significant difference in the risk of incident HGD/cancer between men and women in the surveillance group (P = .45). Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2005 3, 1089-1094DOI: (10.1016/S1542-3565(05)00606-3) Copyright © 2005 American Gastroenterological Association Terms and Conditions