Table 3.
Main Endoscopic findings in patients during the two time periods (1999 and 2012)
| Ranking of endoscopic findings |
Time period | |||
| First time period (1999) (%) |
Second time period (2012) (%) |
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| 1 | Normal findings | 827 (73.3) | Gastritis | 639 (50.2) |
| 2 | Duodenal ulcer | 111 (9.8) | Normal findings | 387 (30.4) |
| 3 | Gastritis | 91 (8.1) | Duodenal ulcer | 222 (17.4) |
| 4 | Esophagitis | 33 (2.9) | Cancer of stomach | 5 (0.4) |
| 5 | Duodenitis | 28 (2.5) |
Prepyloric gastric ulcer |
4 (0.3) |
| 6 | Cancer of stomach | 8 (0.7) | Gastric polyp | 1(0.1) |
| 7 | Gastric polyp | 7 (0.6) | Duodenitis | 0 |
| 8 |
Prepyloric gastric ulcer |
2 (0.2) | Esophagitis | 0 |
| 9 | Others | 20 (1.8) | 0thers | 15 (1.2) |
| Total | 1128 (100) | 1273 (100) |
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