Table 2.
demographic and clinical characteristics of patients
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | < 4 | 20 | 24.1% |
| 4 - 6 | 15 | 18.1% | |
| 7 - 9 | 13 | 15.7% | |
| 10 - 13 | 24 | 28.9% | |
| >14 | 11 | 13.3% | |
| Father’s education | No | 33 | 39.8% |
| Yes | 50 | 60.2% | |
| Mother’s education | No | 40 | 48.2% |
| Yes | 43 | 51.8% | |
| Residence | Urban | 52 | 62.7% |
| Rural | 31 | 37.3% | |
| Access to sanitary water in a residence | No | 14 | 16.9% |
| Yes | 69 | 83.1% | |
| Socioeconomic level | Low | 51 | 61.4% |
| Medium | 29 | 34.9% | |
| High | 3 | 3.6% | |
| Sharing the bad with parents | No | 8 | 9.6% |
| Yes | 75 | 90.4% | |
| Anaemia | No | 76 | 91.6% |
| Yes | 7 | 8.4% | |
| Delayed growth | No | 78 | 94.0% |
| Yes | 5 | 6.0% | |
| Suspicion of celiac disease | No | 64 | 77.1% |
| Yes | 19 | 22.9% | |
| Chronic diarrhoea | No | 76 | 91.6% |
| Yes | 7 | 8.4% | |
| Abdominal pain | No | 76 | 91.6% |
| Yes | 7 | 8.4% | |
| Dysphagia | No | 75 | 90.4% |
| Yes | 8 | 9.6% | |
| Gastro-oesophageal reflux | No | 80 | 96.4% |
| Yes | 3 | 3.6% | |
| Persistent vomiting | No | 68 | 81.9% |
| Yes | 15 | 18.1% | |
| Upper gastrointestinal bleeding | No | 79 | 95.2% |
| Yes | 4 | 4.8% | |
| Gastritis erythema | No | 68 | 81.9% |
| Yes | 15 | 18.1% | |
| Nodular gastritis | No | 66 | 79.5% |
| Yes | 17 | 20.5% | |
| ulcer gastritis | No | 81 | 97.6% |
| Yes | 2 | 2.4% |