Yield of capsule endoscopy in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: A comparative study between premenopausal and menopausal women

Table 3 Capsule Endoscopy findings in all patients, and between premenopausal and menopausal groups n (%)

No. of patients (n = 183)	All	PMW (30.6%, n = 56)	MW (69.4%, n = 127)	P value1
Positive Findings	122 (66.7)	31 (55.4)	91 (71.7)	0.031
CE Findings
Angiodysplasias	69 (37.7)	12 (21.4)	57 (44.9)
Ulcers/erosions	18 (9.8)	11 (19.6)	7 (5.5)
Mass lesions	16 (8.7)	5 (8.9)	11 (8.7)
Meckel's diverticulum	3 (1.6)	0 (0)	3 (2.4)
Other	2 (1.0)	2 (3.6)	0 (0)
Saurin’s Classification				0.043
P1	46 (66.7)	11 (91.7)	35 (61.4)
P2	23 (33.3)	1 (8.3)	22 (38.6)
Blood in GI tract	23 (12.6)	3 (5.4)	20 (15.7)	0.051
Blood with no lesions	14 (7.7)	1 (1.8)	13 (10.2)
Adequate small bowel cleansing	142 (77.6)	44 (78.6)	56 (44.1)	0.83

¹t-test: χ² test, as appropriate; P value of 0.05 indicating statistical significance. CE: Capsule endoscopy; PMW: Premenopausal women; MW: Menopausal women; Saurin et al[7] Classification: Positive-P2 (high potential for bleeding) and negative-P1 (uncertain hemorrhagic potential).