First prospective European study for the feasibility and safety of magnetically controlled capsule endoscopy in gastric mucosal abnormalities

Table 1 Indications of small bowel capsule endoscopy (grouped by gender)

	All cases	Male	Female
Patient characteristics
n	284	149	135
Age (mean ± SD)	44.0 ± 13.3	44.0 ± 13.3	44.0 ± 13.3
BMI	26.5	27.1	25.5
Indications
OGiV	61 (21.5%)	30 (20.1%)	31 (22.9%)
Celiac disease	80 (28.2%)	40 (26.8%)	40 (29.7%)
Crohn’s or susp. Crohn’s	47 (16.5%)	31 (20.9%)	16 (11.9%)
Unexplained abdominal pain	92 (32.4%)	47 (31.5%)	45 (33.3%)
Susp. SB tumor	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.2%)
13C urea breath test
No. of performed tests	110(38.7%)	56 (50.1%)	54 (49.1%)
Positive	36 (32.7%)	16 (44.4%)	20 (55.6%)
Negative	74 (67.3%)	40 (54%)	34 (46%)

BMI: Body mass index; SB: Small bowel.