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Volume 18, Number 4, August 2025, pages 202-205

Increased Risk of Erosive Gastritis Using Oral Sulfate Tablet Bowel Preparation: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study

Figures

↓  Figure 1. Gastric ulcers and erosion by preparation type.
Figure 1.
↓  Figure 2. Erosions and ulcers in patients with or without H. pylori in the OST group. H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; OST: oral sulfate tablet.
Figure 2.

Table

↓  Table 1. Baseline Demographics and H. pylori Status
 
CharacteristicsOST (n = 177)PEG (n = 219)
H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; OST: oral sulfate tablet; PEG: polyethylene glycol.
Age (years)57.6 ± 13.057.5 ± 13.7
Sex
  Female124 (70.1%)156 (71.2%)
  Male53 (29.9%)63 (28.8%)
Race
  African American4 (2.3%)6 (2.7%)
  Asian38 (21.5%)37 (16.9%)
  White116 (65.5%)147 (67.1%)
  Other19 (10.8%)29 (13.2%)
Ethnicity
  Hispanic17 (9.6%)22 (10.0%)
  Non-Hispanic160 (90.4%)197 (90.0%)
H. pylori positive13 (7.3%)12 (5.5%)