Table 3.
Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI) among all hospitalized patients with an gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to peptic ulcer disease; admitted for any cause (n = 7079)
| In-hospital mortality (95%CI) | 30-d readmission (95%CI)1 | Surgical intervention (95%CI) | |
| One year increase (yr) | 0.98 (0.94-1.02) | 1.07 (1.01-1.14) | 0.98 (0.93-1.04) |
| Female to male | 1.28 (1.07-1.53) | 1.16 (0.91-1.47) | 0.94 (0.74-1.20) |
| Age ≥ 65 yr to age < 65 yr | 1.68 (1.37-2.06) | 1.57 (1.21-2.04) | 0.74 (0.58-0.94) |
| Rural to urban | 0.90 (0.71-1.14) | 2.30 (1.79-2.95) | 0.90 (0.66-1.22) |
| Perforation to no perforation | 3.14 (2.03-4.85) | 1.59 (0.76-3.33) | Not applicable |
| Surgery2 | 2.23 (1.56-3.20) | 1.16 (0.62-2.15) | Not applicable |
| Interventional radiology2 | 2.41 (1.07-5.41) | 0.70 (0.09-5.16) | 7.18 (3.48-14.84) |
| Upper endoscopy2 | 1.08 (0.86-1.35) | 0.58 (0.45-0.74) | 0.86 (0.66-1.13) |
| Charlson comorbidities3 | |||
| 1-2 comorbidities | 3.13 (2.36-4.16) | 1.14 (0.86-1.49) | 1.07 (0.81-1.41) |
| ≥ 3 comorbidities | 9.51 (7.28-12.43) | 1.20 (0.88-1.64) | 1.04 (0.77-1.41) |
1
Those who died in hospital were excluded from the calculation for readmission;
2
Those who had the procedure performed compared to those who did not;
3
Patients who had no comorbidities was used as the reference group. UGIB: Gastrointestinal bleeding; PUD: Peptic ulcer disease.