Clinically significant endoscopic findings in patients of dyspepsia with no warning symptoms: A cross-sectional study

Table 2 Comparison of clinical and endoscopic characteristics of patients with epigastric pain syndrome, postprandial distress syndrome and overlap syndrome

Variables	EPS, n = 267	PDS, n = 398	EPS-PDS, n = 351	F value	χ2 value	P value
Gender, male/female	98/169	156/242	122/229		1.590	0.452
Age	48.01 ± 16.21	50.94 ± 15.09	49.30 ± 14.90	3.025		0.049
BMI	22.08 ± 3.27	22.62 ± 3.86	22.52 ± 3.69	1.746		0.175
CSFs	97 (36.3)	96 (24.1)	111 (31.6)		12.101	0.002
Esophageal lesions	54 (20.2)	63 (15.8)	63 (17.9)		2.138	0.343
Peptic ulcer	40 (15.0)	31 (7.8)	44 (12.5)		9.026	0.011
Malignancy	3 (1.1)	2 (0.5)	4 (1.1)		1.184	0.553
H. pylori positive	65 (24.5)	101 (25.7)	87 (25.0)		0.122	0.941

BMI: Body mass index; CSFs: Clinically significant findings; EPS: Epigastric pain syndrome; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; PDS: Postprandial distress syndrome.