Small bowel ulcerative lesions are common in elderly NSAIDs users with peptic ulcer bleeding

Table 4 Logistic regression analysis of demographic characteristics and co-morbidities related to a hemorrhage recurrence possibly related to the small bowel

Characteristic	Relative risk	Confidence intervals	P
Age	1.03	0.96-1.10	0.40
Male gender	3.63	0.61-21.46	0.15
Body mass index	1.22	0.90-1.63	0.19
Diabetes	2.14	1.35-3.40	0.001
Chronic obstructive lung disease	6.67	1.01-46.3	0.05
Absence of small bowel ulcers	0.13	0.01-0.99	0.05