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Retrospective Cohort Study
©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Gastrointest Endosc. Nov 16, 2025; 17(11): 110436
Published online Nov 16, 2025. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v17.i11.110436
Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics (n = 79), mean ± SD

n (%)
Gender
    Male51 (64.6)
    Female28 (35.4)
Mean age, years68.1 ± 14.6
Mean BMI, kg/m224.9 ± 3.9
Comorbidities
    Cardiovascular diseases46 (58.2)
    Malignancy22 (27.8)
    Diabetes17 (21.5)
    Chronic kidney disease4 (5.1)
    Morbid obesity3 (3.8)
    Cirrhosis2 (2.5)
History of PPI intake75 (94.9)
History of NSAID/Aspirin intake54 (68.4)
History of alcohol abuse39 (49.4)
History of smoking34 (43.0)
History of statin intake26 (32.9)
Hereditary predisposition
    FAP4 (5.1)
    Peutz Jeghers/juvenile polyposis2 (2.5)
    Others2 (2.5)
Personal history of gastric neoplasia
    Adenocarcinoma14 (17.7)
    Adenoma7 (8.9)
Family history
    Gastric adenocarcinoma8 (10.1)
    Colorectal cancer5 (6.3)
    Other cancers3 (3.8)


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