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egypt faces significant public health burden due chronic liver diseases cld peptic ulcer disease cld primarily caused hepatitis c virus hcv infection affects 29 population nationwide regional variations steatotic liver disease rapidly emerging significant contributor cld especially urban areas acidrelated disorders another widespread condition significantly impact quality life factors others significantly influence indications findings gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures performed egypt aimed evaluate clinicodemographic data indications endoscopic findings egyptian patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures various regions egypt study employed retrospective multicenter crosssectional design data collected patients referred gastrointestinal endoscopy across 15 tertiary gastrointestinal endoscopy units various governorates throughout egypt 5910 patients aged 3863 enrolled study 75 underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy egd 25 underwent colonoscopy studied patients frequent indications egd dyspepsia 195 followed hematemesis 1906 melena 1707 final egd diagnoses recruited patients portal hypertensionrelated sequelae 603 followed acidrelated diseases 55 1044 patients normally apparent endoscopy male gender old age presence chronic liver diseases common patients upper lower egypt governorates hematochezia 3811 reported indication colonoscopy followed anemia unknown origin 2511 ibd hemorrhoids 2234 2186 respectively prevalent diagnoses among studied patients normal colonoscopy findings encountered 1821 largest study describing situation endoscopic procedures egypt study highlights significant impact regional variations disease burden utilization outcomes gi endoscopy egypt high prevalence chronic liver disease reflected egd findings colonoscopy results suggest potential need increased awareness colorectal diseases