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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2013 Feb 15;40(4):455–460. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.121087

Table 3.

Comparison of endoscopic findings of screened patients with and without gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE).

Endoscopic Finding Patients without GAVE, n = 80 n (%) Patients with GAVE, n = 23 n (%) Group Comparison
OR (with:without) (95% CI) p
Esophagitis 33 (41.3) 4 (17.4) 0.30 (0.09, 0.96) 0.036
Dilated esophagus 6 (7.5) 4 (17.4) 2.60 (0.67, 10.1) 0.158
Barrett’s esophagus 0 (0) 0 (0) NA NA
Other gastric vascular ectasia or erythema 4 (5.0) 6 (26.1) 6.71 (1.70, 23.39) 0.003
Antral erosion 5 (6.3) 0 (0) 0.29 (0.02, 5.48) 0.219
Antral ulcer 0 (0) 0 (0) NA NA
Retained food 7 (8.8) 0 (0) 0.21 (0.01, 3.79) 0.142

NA: not available.