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Table 4 Association between patients' clinical and demographic characteristics and a change in vital signs

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

 

A change in vital signs (≥20%)

 

Descriptor

No

(n = 74)

Yes

(n = 126)

P value

MMC class, poor view

51.4

67.5

0.024

Male gender

50.0

47.6

0.745

Mean age (years), mean ± SD

52.2 ± 17.2

47.4 ± 16.0

0.050

BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD

23.8 ± 4.1

23.5 ± 3.6

0.578

Up to high school education

58.1

55.6

0.725

Smoker

77.0

69.8

0.272

Previous EGD experience

  

0.469

   No

36.5

34.9

 

   Good

36.5

30.2

 

   Poor

27.0

34.9

 

Pre-EGD anxiety

31.1

25.4

0.385

EGD diagnosis

  

0.203

   Normal

13.5

9.5

 

   GERD

64.9

69.0

 

   PUD

16.2

9.5

 

   Both (GERD + PUD)

5.4

11.9

 

Types of endoscope

  

0.623

   Q260 (9.2 mm)

56.8

53.2

 

   XQ260 + XQ240 (9.0 mm)

43.2

46.8

 
  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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BMC Gastroenterology

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