Individual and family self-management for high-risk gastrointestinal bleeding in older adults

Table 1 Comparison of general data between the two groups

Item	Observation group (n = 75)	Control group (n = 75)	χ2/t	P value
Gender			0.440	0.507
Male	46	42
Female	29	33
Age (years)	72.08 ± 3.39	71.42 ± 3.28	1.212	0.228
Medication use			0.466	0.926
Antiplatelet agents	28	25
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs	17	18
Anticoagulants	11	10
None	19	22
Comorbidities			0.450	0.799
Hypertension with diabetes	26	28
Coronary heart disease	16	18
Peptic ulcer	33	29
Complicated with gastrointestinal tumor	4	2	0.174	0.677
Education level			0.883	0.643
Primary school or below	50	48
Junior high school	21	20
Senior high school or above	4	7