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 3

Age cutoff of esophagogastroduodenoscopy according to the cumulative percentage of missed upper gastrointestinal malignancy.

Age cutoff (years)Female N = 618Male N = 1580Total N = 2198
nCumulative % (95% CI)nCumulative % (95% CI)nCumulative % 95% CI)

≤30111.8 (0.9–3.1)90.6 (0.3–1.1)200.9 (0.6–1.4)
≤35447.1 (5.2–9.4)281.8 (1.2–2.5)723.3 (2.6–4.1)
≤407812.6 (10.1–15.5)674.2 (3.3–5.4)1456.6 (5.6–7.7)
≤4513221.4 (18.0–24.6)16910.7 (9.2–12.3)30113.7(12.3–15.2)
≤5019130.9 (27.3–34.7)33421.1 (19.2–23.2)52523.9 (22.1–25.7)
≤5526843.4 (39.4–47.4)62039.2 (36.8–41.7)88840.4 (38.3–42.5)

CI: confidence interval.