Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and treatment outcomes of the weekday and weekend groups n (%)
| Factors | Weekday | Weekend | P value |
| Number of patients | 326 (84.0) | 62 (16.0) | |
| Age (yr) | 60.7 ± 0.8 | 55.7 ± 2.1 | 0.023 |
| Male | 250 (76.7) | 47 (75.8) | NS |
| Gastric ulcer | 221 (68.1) | 43 (69.4) | NS |
| Duodenal ulcer | 104 (31.9) | 19 (30.6) | NS |
| Active bleeding (Forrest Ia, Ib) | 119 (36.5) | 18 (29.0) | NS |
| Rockall score | 5.0 ± 0.0 | 4.7 ± 0.2 | NS |
| Charlson score | 3.4 ± 0.1 | 3.1 ± 0.3 | NS |
| Comorbidity | 123 (37.7) | 26 (41.9) | NS |
| Endoscopic hemostasis | 309 (94.8) | 57 (91.9) | NS |
| Time to endoscopy (min) | 338.9 ± 24.9 | 306.8 ± 45.6 | NS |
| Rebleeding | 39 (12) | 13 (21) | 0.030 |
| Angiographic embolization | 4 (1.2) | 1 (1.6) | NS |
| Surgery | 3 (0.9) | 1 (1.6) | NS |
| Length of stay (d) | 8.5 ± 0.3 | 6.2 ± 0.5 | 0.009 |
| Mortality | 6 (1.8) | 1 (1.6) | NS |
NS: Not significant.