Table 2.

P values for the association of independent variables with that of malignant histology as the dependent variable. P value calculated using Pearson chi-square for categorical data.

Demographic, clinical, endoscopic & histological independent variables	Univariate association analysis
Sex	P = 0.149
Age	P = 0.005
Ethnicity	P = 0.692
Smoking status	P = 0.801
Charlson Comorbidity Index Score	P = 0.583
Indication for endoscopy	P = 0.613
Number of ulcers per endoscopy	P = 0.038
Location	P = 0.028
Size of largest ulcer	P = 0.002
Endoscopic non-suspicion	P < 0.001
Gastric ulcer appearance	P = 0.059
Presence of atrophic gastritis	P = 0.021
H. pylori status	P = 0.395