Research Article
Diagnostic Accuracy of EndoFaster® and Narrow-Band Imaging Endoscopy in Patients with Impaired Gastric Acid Secretion: A Real-Time Prospective Study
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the 124 included patients.
| | Baseline characteristics | (%) |
| | Female | 80 (64.5) | | Median age (range), years | 56 (18-85) | | Smoking | 26 (20.9) | | Alcohol (≥1 U/die) | 18 (14.5) | | Therapy with ASA/NSAID | 33 (26.6) | | Previous treatment of H. pylori | 44 (35.4) | | Cured of infection | 19 (15.3) | | First-degree relatives with gastric cancer | 9 (7.2) | | Main indications to gastroscopy | | Clinical suspicion of CAG | 58 (46.8) | | Not investigated dyspepsia | 38 (30.6) | | Dyspepsia+gastroesophageal reflux disease | 28 (22.6) |
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ASA: acetylsalicylic acid; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; CAG: corpus atrophic gastritis.
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