Table 2.
Endoscopic findings for the entire group and for each cohort
| Total | Patients aged ≥ 65 yr | Patients aged < 65 yr | P value | |
| (n = 526) | (n = 235) | (n = 291) | ||
| Peptic ulcer as source of bleeding: 1n (%) | ||||
| Active bleeding | 19 (4) | 11 (5) | 8 (3) | 0.20 |
| Non-bleeding visible vessel | 59 (11) | 25 (11) | 34 (12) | 0.71 |
| Clot with underlying vessel | 16 (3) | 8 (3) | 8 (3) | 0.66 |
| Flat, pigmented spot | 41 (8) | 23 (10) | 18 (6) | 0.13 |
| Clean base | 224 (46) | 112 (48) | 112 (38) | 0.03 |
| Portal hypertensive related-lesions as source of bleeding: 1n (%) | ||||
| Esophageal varices | 137 (26) | 41 (17) | 96 (33) | < 0.001 |
| Gastric and duodenal varices | 17 (3) | 4 (2) | 14 (5) | 0.051 |
| Portal hypertensive gastropathy | 58 (11) | 17 (7) | 41 (14) | 0.01 |
| Other endoscopic findings: 1n (%) | ||||
| Esophageal ulcer | 19 (4) | 9 (4) | 10 (3) | 0.81 |
| Esophagitis | 36 (7) | 17 (7) | 19 (7) | 0.75 |
| Gastropathy, duodenitis, or erosions | 129 (25) | 61 (26) | 68 (23) | 0.49 |
| Mallory-Weiss tear | 26 (5) | 5 (2) | 21 (7) | 0.007 |
| Gastric cancer | 15 (3) | 6 (3) | 9 (3) | 0.71 |
| Dieulafoy’s lesion | 11 (2) | 6 (3) | 5 (2) | 0.51 |
| Angiodysplasia | 2 (0.004) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.3) | 0.88 |
| No clinically significant finding | 11 (2) | 3 (1) | 8 (3) | 0.24 |
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Some patients presented with more than 1 endoscopic finding.