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Table 3 Associated risk factors and their frequencies

From: Clinical presentation and surgical management of perforated peptic ulcer in a tertiary hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia: a 5-year retrospective study

Associated risk factors

Frequency

Percentage

Age < 40

34

66.7

Cigarette smoking

24

47.1

Use of NSAIDS

23

45.1

Previous history of peptic dyspepsia

25

49