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Table 4 Details of upper endoscopy findings

From: Acute gastrointestinal bleeding in Egyptian elderly patients: real-life experience

 

Groups

 

Elderly group A

Young group

P value

Count

%

Count

%

O.V

59

35.5%

77

46.4%

0.045

Peptic ulcer

45

27.1%

31

18.7%

0.067

Fundal varix

4

2.4%

7

4.2%

0.358

Erosive gastritis

16

9.6%

24

14.5%

0.177

Esophageal ulcer

13

7.8%

4

2.4%

0.025

Moniliasis

2

1.2%

3

1.8%

0.999

PHG

3

1.8%

2

1.2%

0.999

Antral gastritis

9

5.4%

10

6.0%

0.812

Bulb duodenitis

0

0.0%

2

1.2%

0.498

Post band ulcer

4

2.4%

3

1.8%

0.999

Dieulafoy

1

0.6%

0

0.0%

0.999

Gastric polyp

1

0.6%

0

0.0%

0.999

Gastric mass

6

3.6%

0

0.0%

0.013

Angiodysplasia

2

1.2%

0

0.0%

0.498

  1. O.V esophageal varices, PHG portal hypertensive gastropathy