Table 2
Characteristics of patients with incomplete (1–6) and complete (7–11) intestinal metaplasia (IM) at the squamocolumnar junction (SCJ)
| No | Age (y) | Sex | Hiatal hernia | Erosive oesophagitis | Histological oesophagitis | Distal gastritis | SCJ as reported visually |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Patient with mild reactive gastritis in the antrum and a normal corpus. | |||||||
| †Patient with autoimmune-type atrophic corpus gastritis and with IM in the corpus. | |||||||
| SSBE, short segment Barrett’s oesophagus. | |||||||
| 1 | 33 | M | Yes | No | — | No | Small tongues |
| 2 | 35 | M | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | SSBE |
| 3 | 37 | M | Yes | No | Yes | No | Tongues >5 mm |
| 4 | 37 | F | Yes | No | No | No | Tongues >5 mm |
| 5 | 38 | F | Yes | No | Yes | No | Small tongues |
| 6 | 45 | M | No | Yes | No | Yes* | Irritated |
| 7 | 22 | M | No | No | Yes | No | Small tongues |
| 8 | 24 | F | No | No | No | No | Small tongues |
| 9 | 33 | F | Yes | No | No | No | Normal |
| 10 | 34 | F | No | No | No | No | Irritated |
| 11 | 42 | F | No | No | No | Yes† | Normal |
