Table 5. Characteristics of Mallory-Weiss tears.

	Location of Mallory-Weiss tear						P value
	I, esophagus (n = 29)		II, stomach (n = 103)		III, esophagus-stomach (n = 58)
Age, mean ± SD, y	64.7 ± 16.1		69.4 ± 15.5		62.9 ± 16.7		0.02
Male, n (%)	20 (69.0)		67 (65.0)		48 (82.8)		0.06
Atrophic gastritis, n (%)	13 (44.8)		58 (56.3)		34 (58.6)		0.27
Hiatal hernia, n (%)	14 (48.3)		57 (55.3)		36 (62.0)		0.39
Multiple lacerations, n (%)	4 (13.8)		15 (14.6)		22 (37.9)		< 0.01
Laceration length, mean ± SD, cm	0.77 ± 0.53		1.0 ± 0.71		0.91 ± 0.53		0.11

SD, standard deviation.