Table 2.
Main symptom or reason for endoscopy among patients in the two time periods (1999 and 2012)
| Ranking of symptoms |
Time period | |||
| First time period (1999) (%) |
Second time period (2012) (%) |
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| 1 | Dyspepsia | 980 (86.9) |
Dyspepsia | 1072 (84.2) |
| 2 | Epigastric Pain |
58 (5.1) |
Esophageal Reflux |
126 (9.9) |
| 3 | Haematemesis | 35 (3.1) |
Melaena Stools |
41 (3.2) |
| 4 | Belching | 24 (2.1) |
Vomiting | 13 (1) |
| 5 | Vomiting | 17 (1.5) |
Gastric outlet obstruction |
4 (0.3) |
| 6 | Melaena Stools |
7 (0.6) |
Haematemesis | 1 (0.1) |
| 7 | Retrosternal Pain |
5 (0.4) |
Post Gastrectomy | 0 |
| 8 | Epigastric Mass |
2 (0.2) |
Epigastric Pain |
0 |
| 9 | Post Gastrectomy | 1 (1) | Retrosternal Pain |
0 |
| 10 | Esophageal Reflux |
0 | Epigastric Mass |
0 |
| 11 | Gastric outlet obstruction |
0 | Belching | 0 |
| 12 | Others | 0 | Others | 17 (1.3) |
| Total | 1128 (100) |
1273 (100) |
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