Table 2. Origin, cause, and endoscopic finding of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
| Variable | Total | 8 ≤ discharge Hb < 10 (g/dL) | discharge Hb ≥ 10 (g/dL) | P value |
| No. of patients | 102 | 50 | 52 | |
| Source of bleeding (n [%]) | 0.896 | |||
| Gastric ulcer | 63 (62) | 30 (60) | 33 (64) | |
| Duodenal ulcer | 28 (27) | 14 (28) | 14 (27) | |
| Mallory-Weiss tear | 11 (11) | 6 (12) | 5 (9) | |
| Location of bleeding (n [%]) | 0.229 | |||
| EGJ or esophagus | 11 (11) | 6 (12) | 5 (9) | |
| Fundus | 2 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | |
| Body | 32 (31) | 18 (36) | 14 (27) | |
| Angle or antrum | 29 (28) | 11 (22) | 18 (35) | |
| Bulb or duodenum | 28 (28) | 14 (28) | 14 (27) | |
| Forrest classification (n [%]) | 0.453 | |||
| Peptic ulcer | 91 | 44 | 47 | |
| Ia | 4 (4) | 2 (5) | 2 (4) | |
| Ib | 22 (24) | 12 (27) | 10 (21) | |
| IIa | 14 (15) | 8 (18) | 6 (13) | |
| IIb | 39 (43) | 14 (32) | 25 (53) | |
| IIc | 12 (13) | 8 (18) | 4 (9) | |
| III | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| UGI bleeding risk score (mean ± SD) | ||||
| Complete Rockall score | 4.3 ± 1.2 | 4.4 ± 1.3 | 4.1 ± 1.1 | 0.247 |
| Glasgow-Blatchford bleeding score | 12.1 ± 2.7 | 12.5 ± 2.1 | 11.7 ± 3.1 | 0.293 |
Hb, hemoglobin; EGJ, esophagogastric junction