Gastroscopy Yield in the Young: Comprehensive Assessment of Endoscopic and Histologic Findings—A Comparative Study

Table 2

Endoscopic findings of both groups.

Gastroscopy diagnosis	Age 16–49 n (%); N = 1313	Age ≥ 50 n (%); N = 3396	P value
Hiatus hernia	139 (10.6)	714 (21.0)	<0.001
Gastritis	633 (48%)	1212 (35.7)	<0.001
Duodenitis	204 (15.5)	553 (16.3)	0.56
Reflux esophagitis	83 (6.3)	217 (6.4)	1.00
Barrett’s esophagus	17 (1.3)	58 (1.7)	0.36
Infectious/other esophagitis	17 (1.3)	53 (1.6)	0.59
Esophageal varices	6 (0.5)	32 (0.9)	0.10
Esophageal carcinoma	0 (0.0)	6 (0.2)	0.19
Gastric ulcer	12 (0.9)	74 (2.2)	0.003
Gastric carcinoma	1 (0.1)	8 (0.2)	0.74
Duodenal ulcer	15 (1.1)	59 (1.7)	0.15
Gastric polyps	41 (3.1)	319 (9.4)	<0.001
Vascular lesion	1 (0.1)	29 (0.9)	0.002
Submucosal lesion	8 (0.6)	30 (0.9)	0.47
Stomach postsurgical	23 (1.8)	56 (1.6)	0.80
Other	20 (1.5)	71 (2.1)	0.24