Table 2.

Table showing distribution of various causes of bleeding among both the groups

Source of bleeding	Restrictive transfusion group n=112 (%)	Liberal transfusion group n=112 (%)	P
Gastroesophageal Varices	50 (44.64)	49 (43.75)
Malignancy	1 (0.89)	3 (2.68)
Erosive lesions (Gastritis/esophagitis/duodenitis)	30 (26.79)	30 (26.79)
Portal hypertensive gastropathy	4 (3.57)	2 (1.79)
Peptic Ulcer†	17 (15.18)	19 (16.96)
No abnormality detected on endoscopy	10 (8.93)	9 (8.04)
			0.87*

*R by C contingency analysis. ^†Two peptic ulcer patients had active bleeding upon endoscopy, one in each group, both belonging to Forrest class IIa. The patient in the liberal transfusion group expired