Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics (%, mean ± SD)
| Characteristics | Esomeprazole enteric-coated capsules | Esomeprazole magnesium | Statistics | P value |
| (n = 30) | (n = 27) | |||
| Gender, n (%) | ||||
| Male | 20 (66.7) | 20 (74.1) | ||
| Female | 10 (33.3) | 7 (25.9) | χ2 = 0.3725 | 0.5416 |
| Age (yr) | 44.2 ± 11.9 | 43.6 ± 11.1 | t = -0.1981 | 0.8437 |
| Height (cm) | 163.1 ± 7.2 | 164.7 ± 7.0 | t = 0.8339 | 0.4079 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 114.5 ± 10.5 | 111.6 ± 8.2 | t = -1.1730 | 0.2459 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 73.4 ± 7.4 | 74.3 ± 9.2 | t = 0.3901 | 0.6980 |
| Heart rate (bpm) | 73.8 ± 8.5 | 75.1 ± 11.3 | t = 0.4713 | 0.6393 |
| Duration of DU (mo) | 58.3 ± 61.2 | 58.6 ± 53.7 | t = 0.0178 | 0.9859 |
| Total score of symptoms | 5.5 ± 2.6 | 5.2 ± 1.6 | t = -0.5580 | 0.5794 |
| Ulcer diameter (mm) | 7.7 ± 2.6 | 7.5 ± 2.4 | t = -0.2764 | 0.7833 |
| Ulcer number | ||||
| 1, n (%) | 23 (76.7) | 23 (85.2) | ||
| 2, n (%) | 7 (23.3) | 4 (14.8) | χ2 = 0.6621 | 0.4158 |
SD: Standard deviation; BPM: Beats per minute; DU: Duodenal ulcer.