Outcome of Holiday and Nonholiday Admission Patients with Acute Peptic Ulcer Bleeding: A Real-World Report from Southern Taiwan

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of nonholiday and holiday groups.

Characteristics	Nonholiday group (𝑛=615)	Holiday group (𝑛=129)	𝑃 value
Age (yr)	64.6±14.1	66.45±14.1	0.978
Female gender, 𝑛 (%)	195 (32%)	48 (37%)	0.226
Hb (g/dL)	9.3±2.8	9.2±2.7	0.848
Platelets (×10^3/𝜇L)	190.1±99.3	205.4±120.1	0.244
INR	1.24±0.64	1.17±0.49	0.116
Use of NSAIDs, 𝑛 (%)	72 (12%)	9 (7%)	0.117
Use of aspirin, 𝑛 (%)	93 (15%)	18 (14%)	0.735
Use of clopidogrel, 𝑛 (%)	65 (11%)	14 (11%)	0.924
Use of warfarin, 𝑛 (%)	32 (5%)	5 (4%)	0.528
Shock at presentation	311 (51%)	76 (59%)	0.084
Coexisting illness, 𝑛 (%)
CKD III, IV/V	204/83 (33%/13%)	49/11 (40%/9%)	0.245
COPD	44 (7%)	11 (9%)	0.588
CAD	110 (18%)	19 (15%)	0.389
DM	199 (32%)	36 (28%)	0.323
CVA	105 (17%)	24 (19%)	0.676
HTN	326 (53%)	63 (49%)	0.389
Cancer	116 (19%)	24 (19%)	0.946
Liver cirrhosis	115 (19%)	20 (16%)	0.392
Rockall score	6.2±1.7	6.0±1.8	0.727
Ulcer size (cm)	1.1±0.7	1.2±0.8	0.434
Forrest classification
Ia/Ib/IIa/IIb/IIc/III	44/348/67/140/14/2	8/62/20/33/6/0	0.260
High stigmata, 𝑛 (%)	599 (97.3%)	123 (95.3%)	0.212

Hb: hemoglobin; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; CKD: chronic kidney disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAD: coronary artery disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; CVA: cerebral vascular accident; INR: international normalized ratio HTN: hypertension.