Table 4.

Outcomes of patients with acute diverticular bleeding who underwent early colonoscopy as compared to late colonoscopy

Outcomes	Statistical parameters	95% confidence interval	P-value
In-hospital mortality (logistic regression model)	Adjusted odds ratio: 0.693	0.471–1.019	0.07
Difference in mean length of stay (Cox regression model)	Hazard ratio: 0.598	0.426–0.840	0.003
Adjusted mean difference in total hospitalization costs	$2450	$2284.5–2615.5	<0.001

The following variables were adjusted for: age, gender, race, insurance status, hospital region, hospital bed size, hospital teaching status, weekend admission, elective admission, Elixhauser co-morbidity index, need for transfusions, acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure.