Variable

Positive Endoscopic Findings

Negative Endoscopy Findings

p-value

Sex

0.517

Male

429 (88.8%)

54 (11.2%)

Female

462 (87.5%)

66 (12.5%)

Age (Years)

0.044*

<20

43 (79.6%)

11 (20.4%)

20 - 39

342 (85.7%)

57 (14.3%)

40 - 59

357 (90.6%)

37 (9.4%)

60 - 79

131 (90.3%)

14 (9.7%)

>79

18 (94.7%)

1 (5.3%)

Cigarette Addiction

115 (91.3%)

11 (8.7%)

0.244

Alcohol Addiction

10 (76.9%)

3 (23.1%)

0.209

Naswar Addiction

46 (88.5%)

6 (11.5%)

0.940

Betel Quid Addiction

77 (95.1%)

4 (4.9%)

0.044*

Betel Nut Addiction

8 (88.9%)

1 (11.1%)

0.944

Previous Endoscopy done

188 (88.9%)

23 (11.1%)

0.625

Family History

Acid Peptic Disease

52 (86.7%)

8 (13.3%)

0.718

G.I. Malignancy

41 (89.1%)

5 (10.9%)

0.830

Chronic Liver Disease

118 (93.7%)

8 (6.3%)

0.067

Others

0.627

Hypertension

13 (86.7%)

2 (13.3%)

Diabetes Mellitus

27 (87.1%)

4 (12.9%)

Tuberculosis

14 (82.4%)

3 (17.6%)

Hepatitis B

11(100%)

0 (0.0%)

Hepatitis C

23 (95.8%)

1 (4.2%)