Indications and Yield of Pediatric Endoscopy in Bahrain: A Tertiary Center Experience

Table 1

Demographic data of pediatric patients who underwent gastrointestinal endoscopy ().

Demographic data	Patient’s number (%)
Sex ()
Male	589 (53.6)
Female	509 (46.4)
Nationality ()
Bahraini	1029 (94.6)
Non-Bahraini	59 (5.4)
Age (y) ()
	7.1 ± 4.4
Median (IQR)	8.0 (3, 11)
Age group (y) ()
0-4.9	371 (34.1)
5-9.9	326 (29.9)
10-14.9	370 (34.0)
15-18	20 (1.8)
Type of endoscopic procedure performed ()
UGIE alone	833 (75.6)
Colonoscopy alone	80 (7.3)
Both procedures combined	188 (17.0)

SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; UGIE: upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Values are presented as number (%), or median (IQR).