Table 1.
Baseline demographics of patients with peptic ulcer bleeding according to the time of Helicobacter pylori infection status confirmation n (%)
| Confirmation during hospitalization (n = 127) | Confirmation after discharge (n = 105) | P value | |
| Male | 94 (74.0) | 78 (74.3) | 1.000 |
| Age mean ± SD (yr) | 68.2 ± 14.1 | 67.6 ± 15.5 | 0.751 |
| Disease | 0.667 | ||
| BGU | 100 (78.7) | 86 (81.9) | |
| DU | 10 (7.9) | 9 (8.6) | |
| BGU and DU | 17 (13.4) | 10 (9.5) | |
| Stage of ulcers | 0.045 | ||
| Active stage | 113 (89.0) | 83 (79.0) | |
| Healing stage | 14 (11.0) | 22 (21.0) | |
| Endoscopic hemostasis | 0.793 | ||
| Yes | 64 (50.4) | 51 (48.6) | |
| No | 63 (49.6) | 54 (51.4) | |
| Methods for diagnosis of H. pylori infection | 0.881 | ||
| Histology | 12 (9.4) | 12 (11.4) | |
| Rapid urease test | 11 (8.7) | 9 (8.6) | |
| Both | 104 (81.9) | 84 (80.0) | |
| Duration of hospitalization mean ± SD (d) | 4.9 ± 1.5 | 4.3 ± 1.5 | 0.009 |
| Specialty of the attending physician | 0.461 | ||
| Gastroenterology | 119 (93.7) | 95 (90.5) | |
| Others | 8 (6.3) | 10 (9.5) |
BGU: Benign gastric ulcer; DU: Duodenal ulcer; H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori; PUB: Peptic ulcer bleeding.