Clinical characteristics of the patients referred for testing | Type of testing | |||||||||||||||||
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Suspected duodenal or gastric ulcer | First-degree relatives of gastric cancer patients | Unexplained IDA | History of peptic disease, before long-term use of NSAIDs | UBT/stool antigen EIA in test-and-treat strategy | Endoscopy/specialist-alarm symptoms | |||||||||||||
Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | Yes | No | P | |
Number | 146 | 25 | 78 | 93 | 102 | 69 | 76 | 95 | 136 | 27 | 160 | 8 | ||||||
Age, mean (SD) | 52.6 (12.3) | 59.2 (8.2) | 0.02 | 55.0 (10.4) | 52.4 (13.1) | 0.3 | 52.7 (11.9) | 54.8 (12.1) | 0.2 | 53.3 (12.6) | 53.8 (11.6) | 0.8 | 52.5 (12.4) | 58.2 (9.0) | 0.04 | 53.9 (12.0) | 52.0 (10.9) | 0.6 |
Years since board certification, mean (SD) | 19.2 (12.5) | 24.1 (10.3) | 0.1 | 19.7 (11.6) | 20.0 (13.1) | 0.7 | 18.0 (12.7) | 22.8 (11.1) | 0.02 | 19.9 (12.4) | 19.9 (12.3) | 0.9 | 18.5 (12.2) | 5.4 (12.3) | 0.006 | 19.6 (12.3) | 24.3 (12.8) | 0.3 |
Started to work at MHS 2010 onward, n (%) | 62 (43) | 5 (20) | 0.03 | 28 (36) | 39 (42) | 0.4 | 47 (46) | 20 (29) | 0.03 | 30 (40) | 37 (39) | 0.9 | 56 (41) | 6 (22) | 0.06 | 58 (38) | 2 (33) | 0.8 |
H. pylori is a definitive cause of gastric cancer, n (%) | 124 (84) | 20 (77) | 0.3 | 72 (91) | 72 (77) | 0.01 | 88 (86) | 56 (79) | 0.2 | 68 (84) | 76 (83) | 0.8 | 116 (84) | 27 (80) | 0.5 | 136 (85) | 4 (50) | 0.03 |