A Study on Differences between Professional Endoscopists and Gastroenterologists in Endoscopic Detection and Standard Pathological Biopsy of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Table 2

Comparison of professional qualifications and patient outcomes between group G and group E.

	Group G	Group E	Statistic
Professional qualifications				0.895
Primary	3 (17.6)	2 (13.3)
Intermediate	9 (52.9)	7 (46.7)
Senior	5 (29.4)	6 (40.0)
Terminal point of intubation				<0.001
No ileocecal intubation	19 (10.4)	25 (12.8)
Cecal intubation	12 (6.6)	43 (21.9)
Terminal ileum intubation	152 (83.1)	128 (65.3)
CD				0.122
No ileocecal intubation	4 (6.2)	7 (12.7)
Cecal intubation	6 (9.2)	10 (18.2)
Terminal ileum intubation	55 (84.6)	38 (69.1)
UC				<0.001
No ileocecal intubation	15 (12.7)	18 (12.8)
Cecal intubation	6 (5.1)	33 (23.4)
Terminal ileum intubation	97 (82.2)	90 (63.8)
Positive diagnosis of IBD				<0.001
Yes	164 (89.6)	145 (74.0)
No	19 (10.4)	51 (26.0)
CD				<0.001
Yes	53 (81.5)	23 (41.8)
No	12 (18.5)	32 (58.2)
UC				0.060
Yes	111 (94.1)	122 (86.5)
No	7 (5.9)	19 (13.5)
Standard pathological biopsy				<0.001
Yes	133 (72.7)	51 (26.0)
No	50 (27.3)	145 (74.0)
CD				<0.001
Yes	50 (76.9)	12 (21.8)
No	15 (23.1)	43 (78.2)
UC				<0.001
Yes	83 (70.3)	39 (27.7)
No	35 (29.7)	102 (72.3)

CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: ulcerative colitis; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease.