Presence of columnar-lined esophagus is negatively associated with the presence of esophageal varices in Japanese alcoholic men

Table 2 Columnar-lined esophagus and hiatal hernia and the degree of esophageal varices n (%)

Esophageal varices	Absent	F1 varices	Advanced varices	P value
n	1434	92	88
Columnar-lined esophagus
0-4 mm	1100 (76.7)	76 (82.6)	83 (94.3)
≥ 5 mm	334 (23.3)	16 (17.4)	5 (5.7)	< 0.0001
5-9 mm	208 (14.5)	8 (8.7)	3 (3.4)
10-29 mm	120 (8.4)	8 (8.7)	2 (2.3)
≥ 30 mm	6 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Hiatal hernia ≥ 10 mm
Absent	1084 (75.6)	73 (79.3)	76 (86.4)
Present	350 (24.4)	19 (20.7)	12 (13.6)	0.017
Number of patients with liver cirrhosis	152	86	88
Columnar-lined esophagus
0-4 mm	117 (77.0)	73 (84.9)	83 (94.3)
≥ 5 mm	35 (23.0)	13 (15.1)	5 (5.7)	0.0004
5-9 mm	22 (14.5)	8 (9.3)	3 (3.4)
10-29 mm	12 (7.9)	5 (5.8)	2 (2.3)
≥ 30 mm	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Hiatal hernia ≥ 10 mm
Absent	124 (81.6)	71 (82.6)	76 (86.4)
Present	28 (18.4)	15 (17.4)	12 (13.6)	0.36

Advanced varices: F2-F3 varices, red-color-sign positive varices, or post-treatment varices. P values are for trend calculated by the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test.