Table 1.
Demographic and endoscopic characteristics of 832 patients with or without short segment ESEM
| Total (%) (n = 832) | Short segment ESEM(+) (%)(n = 184) | ESEM(-) (%)(n = 648) | P value | ||
| Age (yr), mean ± SD | 67.6 ± 12.9 | 68.3 ± 12.2 | 67.4 ± 13.0 | 0.41 | |
| Age (yr), decennium | 80- | 139 (16.7) | 31 (16.8) | 108 (16.7) | 0.92 |
| 70-79 | 266 (32.0) | 63 (34.2) | 203 (31.3) | ||
| 60-69 | 249 (29.9) | 51 (27.7) | 198 (30.6) | ||
| 50-59 | 97 (11.7) | 21 (11.4) | 76 (11.7) | ||
| 40-49 | 52 (6.2) | 13 (7.2) | 39 (6.0) | ||
| -39 | 29 (3.5) | 5 (2.7) | 24 (3.7) | ||
| Age (yr), dichotomy | 70- | 405 (48.7) | 94 (51.1) | 311 (48.0) | 0.46 |
| -69 | 427 (51.3) | 90 (48.9) | 337 (52.0) | ||
| Gender | Male | 339 (40.7) | 88 (47.8) | 251 (38.7) | 0.03 |
| Female | 493 (59.3) | 96 (52.2) | 397 (61.3) | ||
| Antacid therapy | (+) | 196 (23.6) | 52 (28.3) | 144 (22.2) | 0.09 |
| (-) | 636 (76.4) | 132 (71.7) | 504 (77.8) | ||
| GERD-suggested symptoms | (+) | 305 (36.7) | 68 (37.0) | 237 (36.6) | 0.92 |
| (-) | 527 (63.3) | 116 (63.0) | 411 (63.4) | ||
| Esophagitis | (+) | 45 (5.4) | 10 (5.4) | 35 (5.4) | 0.73 |
| (-) | 787 (94.6) | 174 (94.6) | 613 (94.6) | ||
| Hiatus hernia | (+) | 621 (74.6) | 182 (98.9) | 439 (67.7) | 9.9 × 10-18 |
| (-) | 211 (25.4) | 2 (1.1) | 209 (32.3) |
ESEM: Endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia; GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease.