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Copyright ©The Author(s) 2005.
World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2005; 11(29): 4570-4573
Published online Aug 7, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i29.4570
Table 1 Characteristics of patients recruited in the study
Gastric surgeryin the past n = 105group A, n (%)No surgeryin the past n = 608group B, n (%)P
Age (yr)68.1±11.762.8±17.80.001
Sex: men/womenSep-96470/1380.0009
NSAIDs41/105398/608<0.0001
Ht at admission (%)27.9±6.526.9±7.8NS
Gastric ulcers0141 (23.1)
Duodenal ulcers9 (8.6)215 (35.3)0.00019
Marginal ulcers63 (60)0
Dieulafoy’s ulcers1 (1)4 (0.7)NS
Varices1 (1)83 (13.7)
Mallory-Weiss1 (1)31 (5.1)
Esophagitis1 (1)8 (1.3)
Gastric cancer3 (2.9)18 (2.9)NS
Erosions1 (1)46 (7.5)
None22 (20.9)42 (6.9)0.0003
Other1 (2)5 (0.8)
Non-cooperative1 (1)15 (2.5)