Age, blood tests and comorbidities and AIMS65 risk scores outperform Glasgow-Blatchford and pre-endoscopic Rockall score in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Table 2 Mean values of scores in variceal and non-variceal bleed

Scores	All cases, n = 363, mean	Variceal bleeding, n = 127, mean (SD)	Non-variceal bleeding, n = 236, mean (SD)	P value
AIMS-65	1.52	1.74 (0.95)	1.40 (1.05)	0.003
PERS	3.30	3.76 (1.35)	3.06 (1.70)	0.001
ABC	5.02	5.83 (2.42)	4.59 (2.51)	0.001
GBS	12.32	12.98 (2.90)	11.97 (3.74)	0.008

AIMS65: Age older than 65; PERS: Pre-endoscopic Rockall score; ABC: Age, blood tests and comorbidities; GBS: Glasgow-Blatchford score.