| Endoscopic method | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Diagnostic odds ratio (95% CI) | AUROC (SE) |
| (All Polyps) WLE | 69.3 (65.8 to 72.7) | 83.2 (79.6 to 86.4) | 9.3 (3.5 to 24.9) | 0.79 (0.05) |
| Magnification endoscopy (ME) | 81.5 (78.3 to 84.4) | 79.7 (75.7 to 83.3) | 17.0 (10.3 to 28.1) | 0.87 (0.03) |
| Chromoendoscopy (CE) | 83.6 (81.6 to 85.4) | 82.4 (79.8 to 84.7) | 22.8 (15.4 to 33.8) | 0.89 (0.01) |
| ME with CE | 93.0 (92.1 to 93.8) | 84.7 (83.0 to 86.3) | 91.7 (51 to 164.3) | 0.96 (0.01) |
| Narrow band imaging (NBI) | 87.0 (84.1 to 89.5) | 83.3 (79.1 to 87.0) | 34.9 (17.1 to 71.2) | 0.92 (0.03) |
| FICE | 91.6 (89.7 to 93.3) | 84.5 (81.6 to 87.2) | 54.8(20.5 to 157.3) | 0.96 (0.01) |
| Chromoendoscopy (<10 mm polyps) | 83.6 (80.8 to 86.1) | 85.4 (82.9 to 87.6) | 19.8 (13.2 to 29.6) | 0.88 (0.01) |
| ME with CE | 93.9 (91.6 to 95.8) | 88.6 (83.0 to 92.9) | 111.7(34.2 to 364.8 | 0.93 (0.04) |
| NBI or FICE | 87.4 (82.3 to 91.6) | 75.0 (67.3 to 81.7) | 19.8 (5.7 to 69.1) | 0.89 (0.07) |
| All techniques | 84.9 (83.2 to 91.6) | 84.9 (82.9 to 86.6) | 28.9 (18.1 to 46.1) | 0.91 (0.02) |
Pooled analysis according to endoscopic technique (all polyps and polyps <10 mm).