Rate and yield of repeat upper endoscopy in patients with dyspepsia

Table 3 Findings at endoscopy n (%)

	Initial EGD (n = 451)	Repeat EGD (n = 451)
Esophagitis	95 (21)	59 (13)
Hiatal hernia	160 (36)	172 (38)
Esophageal stricture	13 (3)	10 (2)
Gastritis	221 (49)	196 (43)
Gastric erosions	44 (10)	40 (9)
Gastric ulcer	31 (7)	14 (3)
Gastric polyps	21 (5)	21 (5)
Duodenitis	35 (8)	24 (5)
Duodenal erosions	6 (1)	3 (0.7)
Duodenal ulcer	13 (3)	8 (2)
Duodenal stricture	2 (0.5)	3 (0.7)
Retained food suggesting gastroparesis	2 (0.5)	8 (2)
Postoperative changes	11 (2)	18 (4)
Biopsy-proven malignancy	0 (0)	0 (0)
Biopsy-proven Barrett’s esophagus (new diagnosis)	3 (0.7)	3 (0.7)
Significant finding possibly related to dyspepsia1	133 (29)2	79 (18)2

¹Defined as esophagitis, gastric or duodenal ulcer, or biopsy-proven malignancy. The sum of these individual findings in the table is higher than this cumulative value because some patients had more than one individual finding;

²Odds ratio, 1.45; 95% confidence interval: 1.20-1.75, P < 0.0001.