Initial treatment approaches for nodular gastric antral vascular ectasia: A comparison of endoscopic band ligation and thermal therapies

Table 2 Patient performance metrics

Characteristic		P value
Treatment interval (days)	499
Number of EGDs	3.51
Treatments
EBL	1.46
No. bands deployed	6.32
RFA	0.51
APC	1.49
Hemoglobin		< 0.001
Pre-treatment	8.7
Post-treatment	10.9
Ferritin		0.851
Pre-treatment	98.7
Post-treatment	90.2
Transferrin saturation		0.014
Pre-treatment	21.1
Post-treatment	47.8
Transfusions		< 0.001
Pre-treatment	1.55
Post-treatment	0.19
Hospitalizations		< 0.001
Pre-treatment	1.14
Post-treatment	0.24
Clinical remission rate	84.0%
Endoscopic remission rate	48.7%

EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; EBL: Endoscopic band ligation; RFA: Radiofrequency ablation; APC: Argon plasma coagulation.