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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with and without peptic ulcer

From: Low-dose aspirin-associated upper gastric and duodenal ulcers in Japanese patients with no previous history of peptic ulcers

 

Patients without ulcer

Patients with ulcer

 

Variable

n = 212

n = 14

P value

Mean age, years (SD)

71.9

(9.5)

72.6

(7.2)

0.785

*

≥70 years old (%)

124

(58.5)

11

(78.6)

0.168

**

Male sex (%)

128

(60.4)

12

(85.7)

0.086

**

Current smoker (%)

30

(14.2)

1

(7.1)

0.699

**

Current alcohol drinker (%)

20

(9.4)

1

(7.1)

1.000

**

Gastric mucosal atrophy (%)

98

(46.2)

6

(42.9)

1.000

**

Hypertension (%)

143

(67.5)

9

(64.3)

0.776

**

Ischemic heart disease (%)

94

(44.3)

4

(28.6)

0.281

**

Other cardiac disease (%)

20

(9.4)

1

(7.1)

1.000

**

Cerebrovascular disease (%)

30

(14.2)

0

(0.0)

0.225

**

Diabetes mellitus (%)

35

(16.5)

6

(42.9)

0.024

**

Hyperlipidemia (%)

102

(48.1)

6

(42.9)

0.787

**

Chronic renal failure (%)

14

(48.1)

2

(14.3)

0.260

**

Abdominal symptoms (%)

80

(37.7)

8

(57.1)

0.166

**

  1. *Unpaired t test, **Fisher’s exact test.
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