Characteristics and outcomes of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding after therapeutic endoscopy in the elderly

Table 4 Prognostic factors for rebleeding and mortality in acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Variable	Parameter estimate	Standard error	Hazard ratio	P value
			(95% CI)
Prediction for Recurrent bleeding
Number of blood transfusions
before endoscopy	0.22	0.07	1.25 (1.08-1.42)	0.003
Stigmata of recent bleeding	0.99	0.26	2.68 (1.58-4.41)	< 0.001
Prediction for Mortality
Hemodynamic instability	0.95	0.50	2.57 (1.05-7.76)	0.04
Liver cirrhosis	1.33	0.62	3.77 (1.10-12.2)	0.03
Disseminated malignancy	1.8	0.65	6.06 (1.37-18.8)	0.02
Number of blood transfusions	0.11	0.03	1.12 (1.03-1.19)	0.004
Recurrent bleeding	1.62	0.39	5.07 (2.30-10.9)	< 0.001
Variceal bleeding	0.51	0.61	1.66 (0.55-5.79)	0.39

CI: Confidence interval.