Table 1.
Detection rate in patients with different indications.
| Indications | N (%) | Detection rate | ||
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| MDCTE | DBE | P value | ||
| Abdominal pain | 53 (27.9%) | 37 (69.8%) | 45 (84.9%) | 0.057 |
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| Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding | 110 (57.9%) | 52 (47.3%) | 110 (100%) | —1 |
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| Chronic diarrhea | 7 (3.7%) | 17 (63.0%) | 21 (77.8%) | 0.344 |
| Suspected inflammatory bowel disease | 4 (2.1%) | |||
| Suspected gastrointestinal tumors/polyps | 5 (2.6%) | |||
| Intestinal obstruction | 3 (1.6%) | |||
| Ascites | 3 (1.6%) | |||
| Vomit | 2 (1.1%) | |||
| Malnutrition | 1 (0.5%) | |||
| Abnormal defecation | 1 (0.5%) | |||
| Abdominal mass | 1 (0.5%) | |||
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| Total | 190 (100.0%) | 106 (55.8%) | 176 (92.6%) | <0.05 |
1As the detection rate of DBE for OGIBs was 100% and was considered to be constant quantity in SPSS, χ 2-test was not applicable.