Table 6.
Adjusted odds ratio (95%CI) among all hospitalized patients with an gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to peptic ulcer disease and a Canadian Classification of Health Interventions procedural code for an upper endoscopy (n = 5422)
| In-hospital mortality | 30-d readmission1 | Surgical intervention | |
| One year increase (yr) | 0.98 (0.94-1.03) | 1.10 (1.02-1.18) | 0.98 (0.91-1.05) |
| Female to male | 1.35 (1.10-1.64) | 1.13 (0.84-1.51) | 0.92 (0.69-1.22) |
| Age ≥ 65 yr to age < 65 yr | 1.56 (1.24-1.95) | 1.70 (1.23-2.36) | 0.64 (0.49-0.85) |
| Rural to urban | 0.90 (0.69-1.17) | 2.51 (1.85-3.41) | 0.88 (0.61-1.27) |
| Perforation to no perforation | 1.96 (1.08-3.57) | 1.65 (0.65-4.16) | Not Applicable |
| Surgery2 | 2.04 (1.34-3.1) | 1.64 (0.85-3.18) | Not Applicable |
| Interventional radiology2 | 2.30 (0.95-5.55) | 0.74 (0.10-5.52) | 5.38 (2.32-12.47) |
| Charlson comorbidities3 | |||
| 1-2 comorbidities | 3.21 (2.3-4.47) | 1.28 (0.92-1.79) | 1.03 (0.75-1.41) |
| ≥ 3 comorbidities | 10.32 (7.55-14.1) | 1.12 (0.76-1.64) | 1.01 (0.72-1.43) |
1
Those who died in hospital were excluded from the calculation for readmission (n = 4940 included in analysis);
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.