Validation of a pre-endoscopy risk score for predicting the presence of gastric intestinal metaplasia in a U.S. population

• Published in: Gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 569 - 576.e1
• Main Authors: Tan, Mimi C., Sen, Ahana, Kligman, Eugene, Othman, Mohamed O., Liu, Yan, El-Serag, Hashem B., Thrift, Aaron P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2023
• Subjects: Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Helicobacter Infections - diagnosis; Helicobacter Infections - epidemiology; Helicobacter pylori; Humans; Precancerous Conditions; Risk Factors; Smoking; AUROC; MEDVAMC; GIM; OR; CHI-St Luke’s; CI

Surveillance of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) may lead to early gastric cancer detection. Our purpose was to externally validate a predictive model for endoscopic GIM previously developed in a veteran population in a second U.S. population. We previously developed a pre-endoscopy risk model fo...