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

Table 3

Major pathology findings for both groups.

Histologic findings	Age 16–49 n (%) N = 1313	Age ≥ 50 n (%); N = 3396	P value
H. pylori-positive	539 (41.1)	984 (29.0)	<0.001
Chronic gastritis unspecified	378 (28.8)	1154 (34.0)	<0.001
Gastric atrophy	11 (0.8)	95 (2.8)	<0.001
Gastric intestinal metaplasia	89 (6.8)	649 (19.1)	<0.001
Dysplasia	0 (0.0)	14 (0.4)	0.015
Precancerous lesions overall	99 (7.5)	703 (20.7)	<0.001