Table 4. Prevalence of gastric cancer and its precursor lesions according to age.

		≤39 years	40–59 years	≥60 years	P-value
Total endoscopies, No.		31	126	59
	Gastric cancer, No. (%)	0 (0)	4 (3.2)	0 (0)	0.352
	Intestinal metaplasia, No. (%)	0 (0)	33 (26.2)	20 (33.9)	0.001
	Atrophic gastritis, No. (%)	8 (25.8)	75 (59.5)	39 (66.1)	0.001
Screening endoscopies, No.		5	53	30
	Gastric cancer, No. (%)	0 (0)	3 (5.7)	0 (0)	0.623
	Intestinal metaplasia, No. (%)	0 (0)	12 (23.6)	13 (43.3)	0.060
	Atrophic gastritis, No. (%)	2 (40)	35 (66.0)	22 (73.3)	0.392