Meta-analysis of Barrett’s esophagus in China

Table 2 Endoscopic manifestations of Barrett’s esophagus

Type	Proportion	95%CI
Island	0.448	0.375-0.521
Tongue	0.262	0.204-0.320
Circumferential	0.247	0.190-0.303
Mixed	0.043	-0.006-0.093
SSBE	0.803	0.771-0.835
LSBE	0.197	0.165-0.229

The island type of Barrett’s esophagus (BE) accounted for 44.8% of all cases, the tongue type for 26.2%, the circumferential type for 24.7%, and the mixed type for 4.3%. Short-segment BE and long-segment BE accounted for 80.3% and 19.7% of the cases, respectively.