Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2017; 23(9): 1608-1617
Published online Mar 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1608
Table 4 Complex chronic conditions by principal and secondary diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding n (%)
Principal Dx is GI bleed (n = 4521)Secondary Dx is GI bleed (n = 15007)P value
GI flag1681 (24.39)3892 (15.39)< 0.0001
Cardiovascular flag513 (7.44)1192 (4.71)< 0.0001
Hem/immunologic flag422 (6.12)1392 (5.5)< 0.0001
Malignancy284 (4.12)1015 (4.01)< 0.0001
Metabolic flag258 (3.74)1015 (4.01)< 0.0001
Neurologic/neuromusc flag972 (14.1)1743 (6.89)0.1234
Congenital/genetic flag727 (10.55)1192 (4.71)0.0010
Renal/urologic flag249 (3.61)811 (3.21)< 0.0001
Respiratory flag244 (3.54)601 (2.38)0.0005
Technology depend flag1353 (19.63)2599 (10.28)0.7331
Transplant flag318 (4.61)578 (2.29)0.5374