Table 1.
Patient characteristics by gastric antrum grade
| Perlas grading | Study object (N total = 117) |
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 0 (n = 40) | Grade 1 (n = 68) | Grade 2 (n = 9) | |||
| Male:female | 8/32 | 28/40 | 6/3 | 42/75 | 0.01 |
| Age | 43.2 (31.3–55.0) | 40.9 (28.0–50.0) | 40.2 (25.5–56.0) | 41.6 (29.5–54.0) | 0.65 |
| BMI (kg/m) | 22.3 (20.0–24.1) | 22.3 (20.1–24.2) | 22.8 (19.7–26.5) | 22.3 (20.1–24.2) | 0.81 |
| Weight (kg) | 58.4 (50.5–64.5) | 61.3 (53.0–67.8) | 64.4 (54.0–71.5) | 60.6 (52.5–66.0) | 0.23 |
| Reflux Oesophagitis | 5 (12.5%) | 4 (5.9%) | 0 (0.0%) | 9 (7.7%) | 0.11 |
| Gastric ulcer | 2 (5.0%) | 12 (17.6%) | 4 (44.4%) | 18 (15.4%) | < 0.01 |
| Gastric mucosal erosion | 18 (45.0%) | 18 (26.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 36 (30.8%) | 0.03 |
| FD | 15(37.5%) | 34(50.0%) | 5(55.6%) | 54(46.2%) | 0.17 |
Data represent n (%), ratio, or median and interquartile ranges (IQR 25–75%), BMI body mass index, FD functional dyspepsia