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ArticleJournal of neurogastroenterology and motility2019

What Is Appropriate Upper Endoscopic Interval Among Dyspeptic Patients With Previously Normal Endoscopy? A Multicenter Study With Bayesian Change Point Analysis.

Jong Wook Kim, Kee Wook Jung, Joong Goo Kwon, Jung Bok Lee, Jong Kyu Park, Ki Bae Bang, Chung Hyun Tae, Jung Hwan Oh

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Jong Wook KimDepartment of Internal Medicine, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
Kee Wook JungDepartment of Gastroenterology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Joong Goo KwonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Jung Bok LeeClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Jong Kyu ParkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Gangneung, Gangwon-do, Korea.
Ki Bae BangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea.
Chung Hyun TaeDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Jung Hwan OhDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

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BACKGROUND/

aimsAppropriate interval for performing follow-up endoscopy among dyspeptic patients without abnormal findings on previous endoscopy is unclear. We analyzed the multicenter-collected data from the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility.

methodsWe collected clinical data of the patients who visited the gastroenterology department and underwent 2 or more sessions of upper endoscopy during 2012-2017 at 6 university hospitals in Korea. Patients with endoscopic interval between 90 days and 760 days were included. For those with multiple endoscopic sessions, only the first 2 were analyzed. Positive outcome was defined as adenoma or cancer in the upper gastrointestinal tract. To identify the point of change and estimate the properties of the stochastic process before and after the change, we used Bayesian regression with Metropolis-Hastings algorithm.

resultsThere were 1595 patients. Mean age was 58.8 years (standard deviation, 12.8). Median interval of endoscopy was 437 days (standard deviation, 153). On follow-up endoscopy, there were 12 patients (0.75%) who had neoplasia (4 with gastric cancer and 8 with gastric adnoma). As with the prior hypothesis, we presumed the change point (CP) of increase in frequency of organic lesion as 360 days. After random-walk Metropolis-Hastings sampling with Markov-Chain Monte Carlo iterations of 5000, the CP was 560 days (95% credible interval, 139-724). Estimated average of frequency of dysplastic lesions increased by a factor of 4.4 after the estimated CP.

conclusionTo rule out dysplastic lesions among dyspeptic patients who had previously normal endoscopy, a 2-year interval could be offered as follow-up interval for repeat upper endoscopy.

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Bayes theoremDyspepsiaGastroscopyIntervalStomach neoplasms

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