Table 1.

Study population characteristics.

Patient characteristics	n = 147
Age (y)	64 (61–66)
Male, n (%)	80 (54)
Diagnosis, n (%)
Diverticular disease	33 (22)
Colorectal cancer	19 (13)
Colitis	17 (12)
Small bowel arteriovenous malformation	11 (7)
Crohn’s disease	8 (5)
Colonic arteriovenous malformation	6 (4)
Colon polyp	6 (4)
Proctitis/rectal ulcer	5 (3)
Small bowel tumor	3 (2)
Enteritis	2 (1)
Small bowel ischemia	2 (1)
Ulcerative colitis	2 (1)
Cecal volvulus	1 (1)
Meckel’s diverticulum	1 (1)
Rectal varices	1 (1)
Unknown	30 (20)
Charlson comorbidity index	3.1 (2.7–3.5)
Outpatient medications, n (%)
Aspirin 81 mg daily	50 (34)
Aspirin 325 mg daily	12 (8)
Dual antiplatelet therapy	11 (7)
Anticoagulant therapy	29 (20)
PTA
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.4 (11.0–11.8)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.2 (1.0–1.5)
On admission
Heart rate	89 (81–97)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	124 (115–134)
Base deficit (mEq/L)	2.5 (1.1–3.9)
International normalized ratio	1.6 (1.2–2.2)
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	9.8 (9.3–10.4)
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.4 (1.2–1.6)

Data are presented as mean (95% confidence interval) or n (%).