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Table 3 Comparison of clinical and demographic characteristics by patient satisfaction status

From: Modified mallampati classification as a clinical predictor of peroral esophagogastroduodenoscopy tolerance

 

Patient satisfaction

 

Descriptor

Satisfactory

(n = 105)

Unsatisfactory

(n = 95)

P value

MMC class, poor view

54.3

69.5

0.028

Male gender

51.4

45.3

0.384

Mean age (years), mean ± SD

51.9 ± 16.5

46.1 ± 16.2

0.012

BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD

23.8 ± 3.7

23.4 ± 3.9

0.447

Up to high school education

62.9

49.5

0.057

Smoker

72.4

72.6

0.968

Previous EGD experience

  

0.004

   No

30.5

41.1

 

   Good

42.9

21.1

 

   Poor

26.7

37.9

 

Pre-EGD anxiety

17.1

38.9

0.001

EGD diagnosis

  

0.850

   Normal

11.4

10.5

 

   GERD

69.5

65.3

 

   PUD

10.5

13.7

 

   Both (GERD + PUD)

8.6

10.5

 

Types of endoscope

  

0.949

   Q260 (9.2 mm)

54.3

54.7

 

   XQ260 + XQ240 (9.0 mm)

45.7

45.3

 
  1. Values reflect % unless otherwise noted. MMC, modified Mallampati classification; Good view: I + II; BMI, body mass index; EGD, esophagogastroduodenoscopy; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; PUD, peptic ulcer disease.
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