Technique | |||||||
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Cryobiopsy (N = 359) | Forceps biopsy (N = 359) | ||||||
Bleeding severity | None/Mild | Moderate/Severe | p-value | None/Mild | Moderate/Severe | p-value | |
Clinical relevance | Low | High | Low | High | |||
all – no (%) | 301 (83.8) | 58 (16.2) | – | 344 (95.8) | 15 (4.2) | – | |
n | |||||||
Age | 349 | ||||||
< 65 yr | 160 | 143 | 17 | 0.018 | 155 | 5 | 0.59 |
> = 65 yr | 189 | 151 | 38 | 180 | 9 | ||
Sex | 351 | ||||||
Female | 153 | 121 | 32 | 0.026 | 145 | 8 | 0.41 |
Male | 198 | 175 | 23 | 192 | 6 | ||
Body height | 342 | ||||||
= < 170 cm | 186 | 146 | 40 | 0.002 | 175 | 11 | 0.043 |
> 170 cm | 156 | 142 | 14 | 154 | 2 | ||
Smoking | 332 | ||||||
Non-smoker | 132 | 109 | 23 | 0.52 | 124 | 8 | 0.27 |
Ex-smoker | 138 | 118 | 20 | 135 | 3 | ||
Current smoker | 62 | 55 | 7 | 59 | 3 | ||
Aspirin | 354 | ||||||
Yes | 51 | 38 | 13 | 0.067 | 49 | 2 | 1.0 |
No | 303 | 258 | 45 | 290 | 13 |