Table 2.
Frequency of patients in various quartiles of GBS and mGBS scores and the rate of need for at least 1 intervention in each quartile
| Quartile 1 |
GBS
frequency (%) |
P |
mGBS frequency (%)
|
P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Need for intervention 2 | Frequency | Need for intervention | |||
| First | 31 (9.4) | 3 (9.6) | 0.0001 | 21 (6.4) | 1 (4.7) | 0.0001 |
| Second | 50 (15.2) | 8 (16.0) | 73 (22.1) | 17 (23.2) | ||
| Third | 113 (34.2) | 74 (65.4) | 85 (25.8) | 55 (64.7) | ||
| Fourth | 136 (41.2) | 93 (68.3) | 151 (45.8) | 105 (69.6) | ||
1
: Score ranges of (0 – 3), (4 – 7), (8 – 11), and (12 – 23), were considered as 1st to 4th quartiles of GBS system, respectively, and (0–1), (2–6), (7–9), and (10–16) were considered the first to 4th quartiles of mGBS system, respectively.
2
: Need for at least one of endoscopic, surgical, and radiologic interventions, and blood transfusion.