Systematic review of giant gastric lipomas reported since 1980 and report of two new cases in a review of 117110 esophagogastroduodenoscopies

Table 2 Risks factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding among 32 patients with giant gastric lipomas

Parameter	mean ± SD of parameter in patients with bleeding	mean ± SD of parameter in patients without bleeding	Patients with bleeding: n with ulcer/total n (% with parameter)	Patients without bleeding: n with parameter/total n (% with parameter)	P value	OR	95%CI	Statistical test
Continuous variables
Patient age	54.9 ± 15.5 yr	53.8 ± 19.6 yr	-	-	0.87	NA	NA	Student’s t test
Lipoma size	7.1 cm ± 4.4 cm	9.3 cm ± 3.1 cm	-	-	0.16	NA	NA	Student’s t test
Dichotomous variables
Male sex	-	-	12/19 (63.2)	10/13 (76.9)	0.47	0.51	0.08-3.17	χ2 test
Ulcer overlying lipoma	-	-	16/19 (84.2)	4/13 (30.8)	0.004	12.0	1.72-101.9	Fisher’s exact test

UGI: Upper gastrointestinal; P: Probability; NA: Not available.