Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2019.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2019; 25(42): 6342-6353
Published online Nov 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i42.6342
Table 1 Patient demographics
All patientsH. pylori-positiveH. pylori-negativeP valueAnticoagulants/antiplatelet drug/NSAIDsNo drugsP value
Total564340115219345
Male/female343/221223/11766/490.111127/92216/1290.271
Age (mean ± SD)70.2 ± 14.366.6 ± 13.672.3 ± 14.3< 0.01277.1 ± 10.365.8 ± 14.7< 0.012
H. pylori status
Positive340 (60.3)--104 (47.5)236 (68.4)< 0.011
Negative115 (20.4)--56 (25.6)59 (17.1)
Unknown109 (19.3)--59 (26.9)50 (14.5)
Toxic agents
Anticoagulants/antiplatelets/NSAIDs219 (38.8)104 (30.6)56 (48.7)< 0.011219 (100)0
Anticoagulants43 (7.6)19 (5.6)12 (10.4)43 (19.6)0
Antiplatelets130 (23.0)60 (17.6)33 (28.7)130 (59.4)0
NSAIDs174 (30.9)85 (25.0)39 (33.9)174 (79.5)0
Two or more drugs76 (13.5)50 (14.7)26 (22.6)(50.7)0
None345 (61.2)236 (69.4)59 (51.3)0345 (100)
Single or multiple
Single400 (70.9)251 (73.8)71 (61.7)0.021138 (63.0)254 (73.6)0.011
Multiple108 (29.1)89 (26.2)44 (38.3)81 (37.0)91 (26.4)
Location (single ulcer)
U127 (22.5)80 (23.5)15 (13.0)< 0.01347 (21.5)76 (22.0)0.173
M216 (38.3)151 (44.4)26 (22.6)66 (30.1)143 (41.4)
L57 (10.1)18 (5.3)30 (26.1)25 (11.4)32 (9.3)
Forrest Classification0.103< 0.013
Ia25 (4.4)14 (4.1)5 (4.3)11 (5.0)14 (4.1)
Ib44 (7.8)18 (5.3)11 (9.6)24 (11.0)20 (5.8)
IIa280 (49.6)188 (55.3)46 (40.0)91 (41.6)189 (54.8)
IIb32 (5.7)16 (4.7)7 (6.1)21 (9.6)11 (3.2)
IIc73 (12.9)42 (12.4)17 (14.8)28 (12.8)45 (13.0)
III110 (19.5)62 (18.2)29 (25.2)44 (20.1)66 (19.1)
Previous antacids86 (15.3)35 (10.3)28(24.4)< 0.01141 (18.7)46 (13.3)0.631
PPIs37 (6.6)7 (2.1)17(14.8)18 (8.2)19 (5.5)
H2 blockers49 (8.7)28 (8.2)11 (9.6)23 (10.5)26 (7.5)
P-CAB1 (0.2)028 (8.2)011 (9.6)023 (10.5)1 (0.3)
None477 (84.6)305 (89.7)87 (75.7)178 (81.3)299 (86.7)