Table 1.

Characteristics of study population (N = 3110)

Variable	Number of patients (%)
Age (year)
<20	104 (3.3)
20-39	1127 (36.2)
40-59	959 (30.9)
60-79	394 (12.7)
>79	66 (2.1)
Unknown	460 (14.8)
Sex
Female	1783 (57.3)
Primary indication for UGIE
Dyspeptic symptoms alone	2435 (78.3)
GERD symptoms	107 (3.5)
Recurrent vomiting	76 (2.4)
Dyspepsia & weight loss	62 (2.0)
Upper GI bleeding	53 (1.7)
Dysphagia	32 (1.0)
Not stated	345 (11.1)