Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Adults

Table 4

Comparisons between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients who ingested foreign bodies (incidents).

Characteristics	Symptomatic ()	Asymptomatic ()	P
Gender
Male	124	18	0.195
Female	68	16
Age
<60 y old	96	22	0.114
≧60 y old	96	12
Detection of foreign body
Positive	143	25	0.907
Negative	49	9
Location of foreign body (scope detected)
Pharynx and esophagus	133	8	<0.001
Stomach and duodenum	10	17
Types of FB
Sharp FB	102	22	0.211
Others	90	12

FB: foreign body.