Patient age (y) | 57.4 (17.5) | 58.8 (16.8) | 0.02* |
Patient sex |
Male | 679 (45%) | 721 (49%) | 0.04† |
Female | 843 (55%) | 766 (51%) | |
Indication for endoscopy§ |
Dyspepsia | 853 (56%) | 890 (60%) | 0.04† |
Dysphagia | 123 (8%) | 109 (7%) | 0.48† |
Anaemia | 225 (15%) | 239 (16%) | 0.35† |
Haematemesis/melaena | 206 (14%) | 159 (11%) | 0.02† |
Other¶ | 294 (19%) | 318 (21%) | 0.17† |
Inpatient status |
Inpatient | 299 (20%) | 283 (19%) | 0.70† |
Outpatient | 1223 (80%) | 1204 (81%) | |
Endoscope intubation |
Successful | 1505 (99%) | 1479 (99%) | 0.12‡ |
Failure | 17 (1%) | 8 (1%) | |
Diagnosis |
Significant disease** | 432 (29%) | 463 (31%) | |
Incidental disease†† | 540 (36%) | 574 (39%) | 0.006† |
Normal | 533 (35%) | 442 (30%) | |
Biopsy for pathological assesment |
Yes | 419 (28%) | 418 (28%) | 0.83† |
No | 1086 (72%) | 1061 (72%) | |
Biopsy for rapid urease test |
Yes | 453 (20%) | 369 (25%) | 0.002† |
No | 1052 (70%) | 1110 (75%) | |