Research Article

Age Cutoff and Yield of Prompt Esophagogastroduodenoscopy to Detect Malignancy in Vietnamese with Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms: An Endoscopic Database Review of 472,744 Patients from 2014 to 2019

Table 2

Age and sex distribution of the patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancy during the 2014–2019 period.

Year of endoscopy and number of patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancyTotal N = 2198 Value
2014 n = 3462015 n = 3812016 n = 3962017 n = 3462018 n = 3832019 n = 346

AgeMedian (IQR)58 (50–67)58 (50–67)56.5 (48–66)58 (51–67)58 (50–65)56 (51–63)57 (50–66)0.399
Minimum23142620282014
Maximum90909294898694

Age range<40 (n, %)22 (6.4)24 (6.3)24 (6.1)24 (6.9)28 (7.3)23 (6.6)145 (6.6)0.985
≥40 (n, %)324 (93.6)357 (93.7)372 (93.9)322 (93.1)355 (92.7)323 (93.4)2053 (39.4)

SexFemale (n, %)97 (28.0)107 (28.1)127 (32.1)82 (23.7)111 (29.0)94 (27.2)618 (28.1)0.244
Male (n, %)249 (72.0)274 (71.9)269 (67.9)264 (76.3)272 (71.0)252 (72.8)1580 (71.9)

IQR: interquartile range.