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. 2022 Sep 15;10:e14061. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14061

Table 1. Patient demographics and clinical data of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Non-rebleeding patients (n = 316, 85.18%) Rebleeding patients (n = 55, 14.72%) p value
Age (years) 61 (47–75) 63 (49–73) 0.807
Gender (male) 215 (68%) 38 (69.1%) 0.87
Co-morbidities
Diabetes mellitus 54 (17.1%) 7 (12.72%) 0.424
Congestive heart failure 15 (4.75%) 6 (10.9%) 0.076
Liver disease 20 (6.33%) 4 (7.27%) 0.793
Hypertension 100 (31.6%) 21 (38.2%) 0.341
History of stroke 20 (6.3%) 4 (7.3%) 0.793
Chronic kidney disease 38 (12%) 7 (12.7%) 0.883
Cancer 21 (6.6%) 14 (25.5%) <0.001
Medication
NSAIDs 47 (14.9%) 4 (7.3%) 0.14
Antiplatelet 40 (12.7%) 5 (9.1%) 0.457
Anticoagulants 28 (8.9%) 3 (5.5%) 0.404
Chief complaint
Dizziness 11 (3.5%) 0 (0%) 0.32
Palpitation 4 (1.27%) 0 (0%) 0.754
Fatigue 19 (6%) 5 (9.1%) 0.39
Bloody or coffee-ground vomitus 144 (45.6%) 37 (67.3%) 0.004
Rectal bleeding 4 (1.27%) 1 (1.81%) 0.744
Abdominal pain 11 (3.48%) 0 (0%) 0.325
Syncope 12 (3.80%) 0 (0%) 0.295
Dark tarry stool 111 (35.12%) 12 (21.82%) 0.056
Instable hemodynamics at presentation 55 (17.4%) 14 (25.5%) 0.157
Hematochezia 9 (2.8%) 3 (5.5%) 0.322
Melena 212 (67.1%) 37 (67.3%) 0.979
Blood in gastric tube 88 (27.8%) 24 (43.6%) 0.019
In-hospital mortality 1 (0.3%) 7 (12.7%) <0.001
30-day mortality 5 (1.6%) 8 (14.5%) <0.001

Note:

NSAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Bold font indicates statistical significance.