Low Prevalence of Clinically Significant Endoscopic Findings in Outpatients with Dyspepsia

Table 3

Significant endoscopic findings in patients with and without alarm features stratified by age; Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, June 1, 2011–July 1, 2015.

Age	No alarm features	With any alarm feature	value
<55	7/156 (4.5%)	28/277 (10.1%)	0.04
<40	1/64 (1.6%)	8/104 (7.7%)	NS
40–54	6/92 (6.5%)	20/173 (11.6%)	NS
≥55	5/67 (7.5%)	26/150 (17.3%)	0.045
Total	12/223 (5.4%)	54/427 (12.6%)	0.004

NS: not significant.