Hemorrhagic gastric and duodenal ulcers after the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster

Table 1 Details of patients with gastric ulcers in 2011

Day	Age (yr)	Sex	Location	Number	p.h	Helicobacter pylori antibody titer	Property damage	Dead of family
Acute stage
11	52	M	U	Multiple	-	+ 17.4	Complete	-
13	67	M	M	Multiple	+	- 6.6	Complete	-
13	64	F	L	Multiple	-	- < 3.0	-	Grandchild
17	80	F	M	Multiple	-	- < 3.0	-	Daughter
17	80	F	M	Multiple	+	+ unknown	Partial	-
17	61	F	M	Multiple	+	+ 31.0	-	-
21	67	M	M	Multiple	+	+ 18.6	-	-
25	62	M	M	Single	-	+ 16.3	Complete	-
27	82	M	M	Multiple	-	- 6.5	Partial	-
Chronic stage
66	76	F	M	Multiple	+	- < 3.0	Complete	-
72	73	M	U	Multiple	-	+ 22.7	Complete	-
76	59	M	U	Single	-	+ 15.5	Complete	-
77	54	M	M	Single	-	+ 22.1	-	-
83	75	F	M	Single	-	+ 33.3	Complete	-
99	49	M	M	Single	-	- 5.2	-	-
101	67	M	M	Multiple	-	- 8.9	-	-
110	57	M	M	Multiple	+	+ 12.1	Complete	-
136	75	M	M	Single	-	+ unknown	-	-
158	82	F	U	Multiple	+	+ 27.4	-	-
164	54	M	M	Single	-	+ 25.3	Complete	Daughter

p.h.: Past history of peptic ulcer; U: Upper lesion; M: Middle lesion; L: Lower lesion.

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers

	2011 acute stage	2011 chronic stage	2010	P value
GUs
Number of patients (n)	9	11	20	NS
Average number of patient per month	9	2.2	3.3	< 0.05a
Age (yr)	68.3	65.5	69.2	NS
Male/female ratio	1.3 (5/4)	2.7 (8/3)	3 (15/5)	NS
Simple/multiple ratio	0.13 (1/8)	1.2 (6/5)	3 (15/5)	< 0.05a < 0.005d
Helicobacter pylori (+)/(-)	6/3	8/3	7/4 (unknown 9)	NS
DUs
Number of patients (n)	3	4	7	NS
Average number of patients per month	3	0.8	1.2	NS
Age (yr)	68.6	56.3	57.3	NS
Male/female ratio	2 (2/1)	3 (3/1)	2.5 (5/2)	NS
Simple/multiple ratio	0.5 (1/2)	3 (3/1)	1.3 (4/3)	NS
Helicobacter pylori (+)/(-)	0/3	1/3	4/2 (unknown 1)	< 0.05a

GUs: Gastric ulcers; DUs: Duodenal ulcers.

^aP < 0.05 between 2011 acute stage vs 2011 chronic stage; ^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01 between 2011 acute stage vs 2010.

Table 3 Details of patients with duodenal ulcers in 2011

Day	Age (yr)	Sex	Location	Number	p.h.	Helicobacter pylori antibody titer	Property damage	Dead family
Acute stage
19	85	M	AW/PW	Multiple	-	- < 3.0	Complete	Wife
23	51	M	PW	Single	-	- < 3.0	Complete	-
25	70	F	PW	Multiple	-	- < 3.0	Complete	Son
Chronic stage
35	59	M	PW	Single	+	-3.4	Complete	-
65	72	F	AW/PW	Multiple	+	10.3	-	-
87	59	M	PW	Single	+	15.5	-	-
159	35	M	AW	Single	+	34.3	-	-

p.h.: Past history of peptic ulcer; AW: Anterior wall; PW: Posterior wall.