Clinical Study
Is It Possible to Predict the Presence of Intestinal Angioectasias?
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients.
| Characteristic | Control group | Angioectasia group | value |
| Mean Age (±SD) | 53.1 (±18.6) | 70.9 (±14.7) | <0.001* | Gender | | | | Men (%) | 18 (34%) | 23 (49%) | 0.156 | Women (%) | 35 (66%) | 24 (51%) | SBCE indication | | | | Occult OGIB (%) | 47 (89%) | 34 (72%) | | Overt OGIB (%) | 6 (11%) | 13 (28%) | Hypertension | | | | Yes (%) | 24 (45%) | 38 (81%) |
< | No (%) | 29 (55%) | 9 (19%) | Diabetes mellitus | | | | Yes (%) | 13 (25%) | 17 (36%) | 0.275 | No (%) | 40 (75%) | 30 (64%) | Hypercholesterolemia | | | | Yes (%) | 19 (36%) | 28 (60%) | | No (%) | 34 (64%) | 19 (40%) | Tobacco use | | | | Yes (%) | 7 (13%) | 13 (28%) | 0.084 | No (%) | 46 (87%) | 34 (72%) | Chronic kidney disease | | | | Yes (%) | 8 (15%) | 13 (28%) | 0.145 | No (%) | 45 (85%) | 34 (72%) | Chronic liver disease | | | | Yes (%) | 4 (8%) | 1 (2%) | 0.367 | No (%) | 49 (92%) | 46 (98%) | Previous abdominal surgery | | | | Yes (%) | 17 (32%) | 20 (43%) | 0.306 | No (%) | 36 (68%) | 27 (57%) | Aortic stenosis | | | | Yes (%) | 2 (4%) | 5 (11%) | 0.249 | No (%) | 51 (96%) | 42 (89%) | Antiplatelet use | | | | Yes (%) | 15 (28%) | 19 (40%) | 0.213 | No (%) | 38 (72%) | 28 (60%) | Anticoagulant use | | | | Yes (%) | 8 (15%) | 6 (13%) | 0.781 | No (%) | 45 (85%) | 41 (87%) |
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SD: standard deviation. *statistically significant.
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