Table 1.

Characteristics of 280 patients enrolled in Anchorage, Alaska undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy during 1999 and 2000

Characteristic	% (n)
Mean age (min, max)	48 yr (19, 88)
Sex (female)	66% (184)
Medical chart review
History of peptic ulcer disease	19% (53)
Previous EGD	32% (90)
Previously treated for H. pylori	23% (63)
Endoscopist evaluation during EGD
Moderate-severe gastritis	41% (115)
Mild-no gastritis	59% (165)
Ulcer	9% (25)

EGD: Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.