Incidents and adverse events of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pancreatic cystic lesions

Table 3 Comparison between incidents/adverse events and non-complaints of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration

	Incidents/AEs group, n = 23	Non-complaints group, n = 35	P value
Age, yr	52.6 ± 19.0	52.6 ± 13.5	> 0.05 (NS)
Sex			> 0.05 (NS)
Female	12	18
Male	11	17
Location			> 0.05 (NS)
Head/uncinate	15	18
Body/tail	5	15
Multiple cysts	3	2
Size by EUS mm	34.5 ± 20.1	41.2 ± 21.5	> 0.05 (NS)

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n. AEs: Adverse events; EUS: Endoscopic ultrasound; NS: Not significant.