Table 1. Comparison of basic characteristics, timing to endoscopy, blood transfusions following admission, and length of stay between the two groups.
| Transferred group (n=29) | Non-Transferred group (n=230) | Significance | |||
| Statistic | p-value | ||||
| Age (years) median (25th-75th Percentile) | 58(51.2-66.8) | 66.6 (64-69.2) | t-value=1.92 (independent sample t-test) | 0.037 | |
| Gender | Males | 14 (48%) | 154(58%) | Chi. squared value = 1.56 | 0.42 |
| Females | 15 (52%) | 56 (42%) | |||
| Timing of the endoscopy | |||||
| < 12 hours | 9(31%) | 56(24%) | - | - | |
| 12-24 Hours | 6(21%) | 73(32%) | - | - | |
| 24-48 hours | 1(3%) | 70(30%) | - | - | |
| >48 hours | 7(24%) | 31(14%) | - | - | |
| Not done | 6(21%) | 0(0) | - | - | |
| Mean (s.d.) hours | 0.97(1.4) | 2.1(3.1) | t-value=3.85 (independent sample t test) | 0.001 | |
| Blood transfusion | |||||
| 0 | 24 | 121 | - | - | |
| 1 to 2 | 5 | 71 | - | - | |
| > 3 | 0 | 38 | - | - | |
| Length of stay (days) | - | - | |||
| 25th Percentile | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| 50th percentile | 7 | 5 | - | - | |
| 75th Percentile | 16.5 | 10 | - | - | |
| Mean(s.d.) | 9.9 (9.5) | 8.3 (9.7) | t- value=1.34 | 0.43 | |
| 30-day mortality | 8 (27.6%) | 20 (8.7%) | t- value= 2.88 | 0.006 | |