Brief Article
Copyright ©2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2013; 19(2): 258-264
Published online Jan 14, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i2.258
Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of each group (mean ± SD)
Group 1Group 2P-value
No. of patients50  53411  300
Age, yr54.96 ± 14.5058.18 ± 13.31< 0.001
Gender, male (%)52.546.7< 0.001
PPI duration, d25.17 ± 21.51285.78 ± 437.02< 0.001
Co-morbidities, n (%)
AIDS75 (0.15)6 (0.05)0.011
Cerebrovascular disease3655 (7.23)1201 (10.63)< 0.001
Congestive heart failure196 (0.39)71 (0.63)< 0.001
Chronic pulmonary disease184 (0.36)64 (0.57)0.002
Dementia332 (0.66)159 (1.41)< 0.001
DM4438 (8.78)1600 (14.16)< 0.001
DM without chronic complication4280 (8.47)1532 (13.56)< 0.001
DM with chronic complication158 (0.31)68 (0.60)< 0.001
Liver disease, mild3182 (6.30)1475 (13.05)< 0.001
Hemiplegia or paraplegia57 (0.11)8 (0.07)0.213
Liver disease, moderate or severe488 (0.97)205 (1.81)< 0.001
Any malignancy62 (0.12)13 (0.12)0.833
Metastatic solid tumor310 (0.61)69 (0.61)0.972
Myocardial infarction598 (1.18)121 (1.07)0.313
Peripheral vascular disease368 (0.73)114 (1.01)0.002
Peptic ulcer7011 (13.88)1569 (13.88)0.977
Rheumatologic disease284 (0.56)421 (3.73)< 0.001
Renal disease498 (0.99)342 (3.03)< 0.001
Charlson index0.50 ± 0.930.77 ± 1.14< 0.001
Score = 0 n (%)33297 (65.89)6167 (54.58)< 0.001
Score = 1 n (%)15536 (30.75)4363 (38.61)
Score ≥ 3 n (%)1699 (3.36)770 (6.81)
History of admission (%)29138 (57.66)6692 (59.22)0.002
History of ICU admission (%)1668 (3.30)352 (3.12)0.315