The vital threat of an upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Risk factor analysis of 121 consecutive patients

Table 4 Logistic regressions analysis indicating the predictive value of 12 covariables in predicting the lethality of an UGI bleeding

Covariable	P	Statisticalinclusionin model	Odds ratio	95 % confidenceinterval
Cirrhotic liver disease	0.005	Yes	5.7	1.8-19.3
Duodenal ulcer (bulbus back wall)	0.092	Yes	3.4	0.7-14.7
Bleeding recurrance	0.271	No
Hb	0.341	No
Medication	0.345	No
Esophageal varicosis	0.401	No
Number of operations	0.42	No
Substitution of RBCs	0.436	No
PT	0.625	No
Gastric ulcer (small curvature)	0.799	No
Gender	0.809	No
Age	0.863	No