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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Endoscopic hemostasis followed by preventive transarterial embolization in high-risk patients with bleeding peptic ulcer: 5-year experience

Characteristics

P-TAE

EA

p value

 

n = 58

n = 341

 

Age, years, mean ± SD

70.9 ± 12.5

66.4 ± 14.5

0.028

Gender/male, no of pts

32 (55.7%)

190 (55.2%)

0.938

Comorbidities, no of pts

41 (70.7%)

262 (76.8%)

0.321

Heart disease, no of pts

39 (67.2%)

240 (70.4%)

0.644

Kidney disease, no of pts

9 (15.5%)

58 (17.0%)

0.852

Liver disease, no of pts

5 (8.6%)

29 (8.5%)

0.982

Cancer, no of pts

4 (6.9%)

18 (5.3%)

0.622

Diabetes mellitus, no of pts

9 (15.8%)

61 (17.9%)

0.680

Respiratory disease, no of pts

6 (10.3%)

48 (14.1%)

0.434

Cerebral disease, no of pts

16 (27.6%)

70 (20.5%)

0.231

ASA score, points, mean ± SD

4.4 ± 0.6

3.7 ± 0.7

< 0.001