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. 2016 Aug 22;11(8):e0161188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161188

Table 4. Common etiologies of patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (N = 85).

< 30 age (N = 11) 30–65 age (N = 26) > 65 age (N = 48)
1st Meckel's diverticulum (3, 17.7%) Non-specific ulcer (7, 26.9%) Angiodysplasia (20, 27.0%)
2nd Non-specific ulcer (2,11.8%) Tumor (6, 23.1%) Non-specific ulcer (5, 13.5%)
3rd Angiodysplasia (1, 5.9%), Tumor (1, 5.9%), Diverticulum (1, 5.9%) Angiodysplasia (5, 19.2%) Tumor (4, 5.5%), Diverticulum (4, 5.4%)

SBE: single balloon enteroscopy; OGIB: obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease