Table-IV.

Findings of upper GI endoscopy in patients with and without alarm symptoms.

Endoscopic Finding	Non-alarm symptoms	Alarm symptoms	OR (95% C.I)	P-value
n	1117	171	-	-
Normal examination	402(36%)	54(31.6%)	1
Gastritis	401(35.9%)	15(8.8%)	0.04(0.02-0.06)	<0.0001
Esophageal candidiasis	5(0.4%)	3(1.8%)	0.6(0.14-2.51)	<0.0001
Non-candida esophagitis including Barrett’s	24(2.1%)	5(2.9%)	0.21(0.08-0.55)	0.484
Hiatal hernia	157(14.1%)	18(10.5%)	0.12(0.07-0.19)	0.001
Patulous GE junction	14(1.3%)	0(0%)	-
Duodenal fissuring	7(0.6%)	20(11.7%)	2.86(1.21-6.76)	0.998
Esophageal varices	85(7.6%)	17(9.9%)	0.2(0.12-0.34)	0.017
Esophageal growth	3(0.3%)	18(10.5%)	6(1.77-20.37)	<0.0001
Esophageal ulcer	3(0.3%)	1(0.6%)	0.33(0.04-3.21)	0.004
Gastric growth	4(0.4%)	7(4.1%)	1.75(0.51-5.98)	0.341
Gastric ulcer	2(0.2%)	6(3.5%)	3(0.61-14.86)	0.372
Duodenal growth	3(0.3%)	2(1.2%)	0.67(0.11-3.99)	0.178
Esophageal/duodenal diverticulae	3(0.3%)	3(1.8%)	1(0.2-4.96)	0.657
Achalasia	1(0.1%)	1(0.6%)	1(0.06-15.99)	0.999
Worm infestation	2(0.2%)	1(0.6%)	0.5(0.05-5.51)	0.999
Food bolus impaction in esophagus	1(0.1%)	0(0%)	-

Reference category for odd ratio (OR): Normal examination, P-value<0.05 considered to be statistically significant.