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 4

Yield of esophagogastroduodenoscopy for upper gastrointestinal malignancy with prompt endoscopy strategy.

Age range (years)	Number of endoscopic procedures		Upper gastrointestinal malignancies
	N	Proportions of procedures % (95% CI)	N	Yield per 1000 procedures % (95% CI)
<30	70 600	14.9 (14.8–15.0)	20	0.3 (0.2–0.4)
30– < 35	57 697	12.2 (12.1–12.3)	52	0.9 (0.7–1.2)
35– < 40	69 131	14.6 (14.5–14.7)	73	1.1 (0.8–>1.3)
40– < 45	67 318	14.2 (14.1–14.3)	156	2.3 (2.0–2.7)
45– < 50	61 660	13.0 (12.9–13.1)	224	3.6 (3.2–4.1)
50– < 55	52 808	11.2 (11.1–11.3)	363	6.9 (6.2–7.6)
55– < 60	40 036	8.5 (8.4–8.6)	359	9.0 (8.1–9.9)
60– < 65	26 807	5.6 (5.6–5.7)	324	12.1 (10.8–13.5)
65– < 70	14 079	3.0 (2.9–3.0)	258	18.3 (16.2–20.7)
≥70	12 608	2.6 (2.6–2.7)	369	29.3 (26.4–32.4)

CI: confidence interval.