Table 3.

Table comparing the secondary outcomes of both the groups

Secondary outcomes	Restrictive transfusion group n=112 (%)	Liberal transfusion group n=112 (%)	P
Packed cells transfused	1.72±1.38	1.96±1.54	0.22*
FFP transfused	1.04±2.45	1.57±2.62	0.12*
In-hospital bleeding (%)	12 (10.71)	9 (8)	0.25†
Bleeding during follow up (%)	13 (12.26)	14 (13.21)	0.84†
Banding (%)	37 (62)	39 (81)	0.99†
Sclerosant (%)	4 (7)	4 (8)	1.00†
Sengstaken Blakemore tube placement (%)	4 (3.6)	9 (8)	0.29†
Propranolol (%)	20 (33.3)	19 (39.6)	0.25†
Octreotide (%)	35 (31.25)	50 (44.64)	0.04†
Duration of octreotide (days)	2.49±0.82	2.16±0.77	0.33*
Mean length of admission (days)	3.21±2.78	2.73±1.29	0.10*
Mean Hb at the time of death (g/dl)	7.17±1.85	5.27±2.71	0.19*

FFP: fresh frozen plasma; Hb: Hemoglobin; *independent t-test; ^†Chi-square test