Research Article
Repeat Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia: Yield, Findings, and Predictors of Positive Findings
Table 4
Details of the positive repeat EGD in patients with the 4 factors for positive repeat EGD.
| Presence of predictors | | Positive repeat EGD | Negative repeat EGD | Peptic ulcer | Erosive gastritis | Reflux esophagitis | Others |
| Hypertension | 58 | 8 | 9 | 2 | | 40 | History of malignancies | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | 3 | Smoking | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Use of NSAIDs or antiplatelets | 34 | 4 | 9 | 1 | | 23 |
|
|