Table 1.

Table showing the baseline characteristics of patients in both the groups

Patient characteristics	Restrictive transfusion group (n=112)	Liberal transfusion group (n=112)	P
Age	47.86±14.75	49.76±14.87	0.34*
Cirrhosis (%)	60 (54)	48 (43)	0.11†
Hypertension (%)	14 (12)	20 (18)	0.26†
Diabetes Mellitus (%)	16 (14)	12 (11)	0.26†
Alcoholism (%)	56 (50)	65 (587)	0.23†
Previous bleeding (%)	4 (3.6)	10 (8.9)	0.16†
Hb at admission (g/dL)	9.31±2.78	9.35±2.29	0.90*
Rockall Score	5.12±1.01	5.15±1.2	0.83‡

Hb: Hemoglobin. *independent t-test. ^†Chi-square test. ^‡Mann-Whitney U test