Table 5.
Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI) among all hospitalized patients where gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to peptic ulcer disease was the primary reason for hospital stay (n = 4713)
| In-hospital mortality (95%CI) | 30-d readmission (95%CI)1 | Surgical intervention (95%CI) | |
| One year increase (yr) | 0.96 (0.89-1.04) | 1.09 (1.02-1.16) | 0.99 (0.93-1.07) |
| Female to male | 1.42 (1.03-1.96) | 1.02 (0.78-1.35) | 1.03 (0.76-1.38) |
| Age ≥ 65 yr to age < 65 yr | 2.90 (1.90-4.43) | 1.83 (1.35-2.47) | 0.78 (0.58-1.06) |
| Rural to urban | 0.89 (0.59-1.35) | 2.35 (1.77-3.14) | 1.10 (0.77-1.57) |
| Perforation to no perforation | 3.70 (2.05-6.69) | 1.35 (0.60-3.04) | |
| Surgery2 | 3.30 (1.89-5.74) | 1.42 (0.72-2.8) | |
| Interventional radiology2 | 4.89 (1.54-15.54) | 0.88 (0.11-6.7) | 8.59 (3.54-20.85) |
| Upper endoscopy2 | 0.62 (0.44-0.88) | 0.71 (0.53-0.95) | 0.79 (0.58-1.08) |
| Charlson comorbidities3 | |||
| 1-2 comorbidities | 2.56 (1.67-3.95) | 1.22 (0.90-1.66) | 1.30 (0.94-1.81) |
| ≥ 3 comorbidities | 6.63 (4.33-10.16) | 1.33 (0.92-1.94) | 1.24 (0.83-1.87) |
1
Those who died in hospital were excluded from the calculation for readmission (n = 4538);
2
Those who had the procedure performed compared to those who did not;
3
Patients who had no Charlson comorbidities was used as the reference group.