Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of adult and elderly patients underwent DBE.

	Adults (n (%))	Elderly (n (%))	P
Total	729	148	/
Gender (M/F)	401/328	82/66	0.929
Indications			0.169
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding	588 (80.7)	112 (75.7)
Incomplete small bowel obstruction	141 (19.3)	36 (24.3)
Duration of symptom (week)	12.22 ± 2.89	12.24 ± 3.10	0.944
Past GI surgery	58 (9.9)	17 (11.5)	0.161
DBE time (min)	66.49 ± 26.10	64.43 ± 25.37	0.335
DBE route			0.819
Antegrade	298 (40.9)	62 (41.9)
Retrograde	431 (59.1)	86 (58.1)
Length of examined intestine (cm)	130.67 ± 36.38	129.48 ± 37.40	0.691