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Table 4 Pit pattern and non-neoplastic pathologic findings (mean score) in post-ER scar

Pit type	Foveolar hyperplasia	Gland congestion	Intestinal metaplasia	Atrophy	Fibrosis
I	0.96	0.64	1.09	1.11	0.21
II	0.96	0.48	1.11	1.11	0.19
III	0.84	0.79	1.05	1.26	0.11
IV (coexisting findings with tumor)	0.78	0.89	1.33	1.56	0.33
P value1	0.837	0.244	0.828	0.34	0.644

Scored from 0 to 3, respectively (0 = normal, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe). ¹Statistical significances were tested by one-way analysis of variance.