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Table 1 Demographics of study population

From: A clinical predictive model for risk stratification of patients with severe acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Variable

Total cohort n = 649 (%)

Severe bleed n = 226 (%)

Non-severe bleed n = 423 (%)

P value

Mean age, y (± SD)

67.3 (15.2)

68.3 (15.0)

66.7 (15.3)

0.65

  < 60

180 (27.7)

59 (26.1)

121 (28.6)

 

  ≥ 60

469 (72.3)

167 (73.9)

302 (71.4)

0.50

Gender

 Male

351 (54.1)

121 (53.5)

230 (54.4)

0.84

 Female

298 (45.9)

105 (46.5)

193 (45.6)

 

Race

 Chinese

576 (88.8)

203 (89.8)

373 (88.2)

0.053

 Malay

40 (6.2)

18 (8.0)

22 (5.2)

 

 Indian

16 (2.5)

3 (1.3)

13 (3.1)

 

 Others

17 (2.6)

2 (0.9)

15 (3.5)

 

CCM score

  ≤ 2

216 (33.3)

65 (28.8)

151 (35.7)

0.074

  > 2

433 (66.7)

161 (71.2)

272 (64.3)

 

CKD

67 (10.3)

33 (14.6)

34 (8.0)

0.009

Recent NSAID use

4 (0.6)

0 (0)

4 (0.9)

0.14

 Antiplatelet/coagulant use

209 (32.2)

86 (38.1)

123 (29.1)

0.02

 Median duration of bleeding, days (IQR)

1 (1–4)

1 (1–3)

2 (1–4)

0.65

  1. CCM Charlson comorbidity, CKD chronic kidney disease, NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, IQR inter-quartile range