Table 1

Effectiveness of APC in relation to the extent of Barrett’s mucosa

	Length of Barrett’s oesophagus		Circumferential Barrett’s oesophagus
	⩽ 4 cm	> 4 cm	Yes	No
Mean (SD) number of APC sessions	2.05 (0.8)	3.2 (0.6)^1-151	2.7 (0.8)^‡	2 (0.9)
Number (%) of complete re-epithelialisations^1-150 observed	14/18 (77%)^§	5/13 (38%)	11/21 (52%)	8/10 (80%)^¶

↵1-150 Complete absence of intestinal metaplastic glands (n=19).
↵1-151 p=0.003 (Mann-Whitney U test); ^‡p=0.03 (Mann-Whitney U test);^§p=0.03 (Fisher’s exact test); ^¶p=0.08 (Fisher’s exact test).