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

Table 5 Subgroup analysis of 21 patients with UGI bleeding and liver disease (Evaluation of the influence of 9 covariables on the lethality within the group)

Covariable	Odds ratio	95% confidenceinterval	P
Hb	9.75	0.8-121.8	0.077
Bleeding recurrence	4.5	0.6-32.3	0.135
Number of operations	4.5	0.5-37.4	0.164
Substitution of RBCs	1	0.1-7.5	1
Gastric ulcer (small curvature)	1	0.1-13.4	1
PT	0.72	0.1-5.2	0.744
Gender	0.68	0.1-5.5	0.718
Age	0.3	0.03-3.3	0.322
Esophageal varicosis	0.17	0.02-1.8	0.137