. 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
Endoscopic Finding	Patients without GAVE, n = 80 n (%)	Patients with GAVE, n = 23 n (%)	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.