Is Occult Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding a Definite Indication for Capsule Endoscopy? A Retrospective Analysis of Diagnostic Yield in Patients with Occult versus Overt Bleeding

Table 2

Final diagnoses per study group.

	Occult OGIB	Overt OGIB	𝑃 value
	(𝑛=102)	(𝑛=325)
Small-bowel lesion	33 (32)	106 (33)	NS
Vascular lesion	11 (11)	31 (10)	NS
Ulcer or erosive lesion	18 (18)	51 (16)	NS
Tumor	4 (3)	20 (6)	NS
Other	0	4 (1)	NS
No small-bowel lesion	69 (68)	219 (67)	NS

Number (%) of patients is shown.
NS: not significant.