Unsedated ultrathin upper endoscopy is better than conventional endoscopy in routine outpatient gastroenterology practice: A randomized trial

Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of the patients

	TN-EGD	TO-EGD	C-EGD	P
Patients (n)	45	41	53
Gender (m/f)	22/23	15/26	24/29	NS
Age (yr; mean ± SD)	45.73 ± 12.59	43.92 ± 14.97	43.83 ± 13.68	NS
Patients with previous EGD, n (%)	17 (37.7)	17 (41.4)	19 (35.8)	NS
Baseline anxiety score in VAS (mean ± SD)	45.36 ± 27.71	44.34 ± 32.25	45.84 ± 30.35	NS
Baseline oxygen saturation (%; mean ± SD)	98.58 ± 1.41	98.48 ± 1.38	98.47 ± 1.54	NS
Baseline hart rate (bpm; mean ± SD)	84.92 ± 16.12	86.07 ± 15.80	86.32 ± 15.01	NS
Successful completion EGD, n (%)	41 (91.1)	40 (97.5)	51 (96.2)	NS
Duration of EGD (min; mean ± SD)	3.11 ± 1.60	2.25 ± 1.45	2.49 ± 1.64	< 0.05
Tachycardia, n (%)	1 (2.4)	1 (2.5)	3 (5.9)	NS
Blood oxygen desaturation, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (3.9)	NS
Biopsy during EGD, n (%)	19 (46.3)	16 (40.0)	24 (47.0)	NS
Complications, n (%)	1 (2.4)	0 (0)	0 (0)	NS