Influences of etiology and endoscopic appearance on the long-term outcomes of gastric antral vascular ectasia

Table 2 Comparison of the baseline characteristics of patients with punctate or striped patterns

	Punctate (n = 17)	Stripe (n = 6)	P value
Age, yr, mean ± SD	56.1 ± 12.0	70.8 ± 6.3	0.011
Gender (males/females)	13/4	1/5	0.018
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD	23.5 ± 3.9	25.2 ± 2.6	0.612
Liver cirrhosis, n (%)	16 (94.1)	0	< 0.001
Other associated diseases, n (%)
Chronic kidney disease	2 (11.8)	5 (83.3)	0.003
SLE	0	1 (16.7)	0.261
Hypertension	3 (17.6)	2 (33.3)	0.576
Diabetes mellitus	5 (29.4)	3 (50.0)	0.621
Initial laboratory findings, mean ± SD
Hemoglobin level, g/dL	7.5 ± 3.4	6.6 ± 1.4	0.528
Platelet count, k/μL	114.5 ± 81.5	159.6 ± 51.1	0.168
Total bilirubin, mg/dL	1.88 ± 1.39	0.64 ± 0.41	0.044
Albumin, g/dL	2.51 ± 0.39	3.00 ± 0.59	0.070
INR	1.23 ± 0.26	1.08 ± 0.28	0.130
BUN, mg/dL,	22.5 ± 13.8	51.9 ± 39.9	0.130
Creatinine, mg/dL	1.07 ± 0.45	4.27 ± 2.79	0.034

BMI: Body mass index; SLE: Systemic lupus erythematosus; INR: International normalized ratio; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen.