Table 1: Demographic distribution and Endoscopic diagnosis of two patient groups.

EAC group (n = 208) PAC group (n = 245) P value Age (years)  Mean ± SD 50.91 ± 12.96 51 ± 12.34 .016 Gender  .873  Male 89 (42.8%) 103 (42%)  Female 119 (57.2%) 142 (58%) Smoking 27 (13%) 24 (9.8%) .591 Alcohol consumption 18 (8.7%) 9 (3.7%) .046 Ingestion of coffee 60 (28.8%) 49 (20%) .195 Ingestion of tea 85 (40.9%) 79 (32.2%) .895 Endoscopic diagnosis  .705  Gastritis 60 (28.8%) 82 (33.5%)  Gastric ulcer 31 (14.9%) 33 (13.5%)  Duodenal ulcer 94 (45.2%) 101 (41.2%)  Gastric and duodenal ulcer 23 (11.1%) 29 (11.8%)