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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2012; 18(27): 3578-3584
Published online Jul 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i27.3578
Published online Jul 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i27.3578
Table 4 Subgroup analysis according to daytime and nighttime groups n (%)
| Weekday | Weekend | |||||
| Day (n = 273) | Night (n = 53) | P value | Day (n = 39) | Night (n = 23) | P value | |
| Age (yr) | 61.0 ± 0.9 | 58.9 ± 1.9 | NS | 54.8 ± 2.6 | 57.1 ± 3.5 | NS |
| Active bleeding (Forrest Ia, Ib) | 99 (36.3) | 20 (37.7) | NS | 12 (31.0) | 6 (26.0) | NS |
| Rockall score | 5.0 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.2 | NS | 4.6 ± 0.3 | 4.8 ± 0.4 | NS |
| Charlson score | 3.5 ± 0.1 | 2.9 ± 0.3 | NS | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 3.6 ± 0.7 | NS |
| Comorbidity | 102 (37.4) | 21 (39.6) | NS | 17 (43.6) | 9 (39.1) | NS |
| Endoscopic hemostasis | 259 (94.9) | 50 (94.3) | NS | 36 (92.3) | 21 (91.3) | NS |
| Time to endoscopy (min) | 355.7 ± 28.9 | 252.3 ± 33.0 | 0.020 | 333.7 ± 63.4 | 261.4 ± 60.4 | NS |
| Rebleeding | 31 (11.4) | 8 (15.1) | NS | 5 (12.8) | 8 (34.8) | 0.040 |
| Angiographic embolization | 3 (1.1) | 1 (1.9) | NS | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | NS |
| Surgery | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0) | NS | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0) | NS |
| Length of stay (d) | 8.6 ± 0.4 | 7.7 ± 0.6 | NS | 6.1 ± 0.7 | 6.5 ± 0.9 | NS |
| Mortality | 6 (2.2) | 0 (0) | NS | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | NS |
- Citation: Youn YH, Park YJ, Kim JH, Jeon TJ, Cho JH, Park H. Weekend and nighttime effect on the prognosis of peptic ulcer bleeding. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(27): 3578-3584
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i27/3578.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i27.3578