Research Article
Capsule Endoscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients with Comorbid Rheumatic Diseases
Table 2
Comorbid diseases of included cases.
| Characteristics |
Negative CE () |
Positive CE () | value |
RHEUM CE () |
Non-RHEUM CE () | value | (%) | SD | (%) | SD | (%) | SD | (%) | SD |
| Myocardial infarction history | 1 (6.3) | | 1 (4.0) | | 1.000 | 2 (4.9) | | 45 (7.2) | | 0.760 | Congestive heart failure | 0 (0) | | 1 (4.0) | | 1.000 | 1 (2.4) | | 59 (9.4) | | 0.164 | Peripheral vascular disease | 2 (12.5) | | 1 (4.0) | | 0.550 | 3 (7.3) | | 26 (4.2) | | 0.413 | Cerebrovascular disease | 1 (6.3) | | 1 (4.0) | | 1.000 | 2 (4.9) | | 47 (7.5) | | 0.760 | Dementia | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 1.000 | 0 (0) | | 3 (0.5) | | 1.000 | Chronic pulmonary disease | 3 (18.8) | | 3 (12.0) | | 0.662 | 6 (14.6) | | 66 (10.5) | | 0.432 | History of ulcer disease | 2 (12.5) | | 2 (8.0) | | 0.637 | 4 (9.8) | | 53 (8.5) | | 0.771 | Mild liver disease | 0 (0) | | 4 (16.0) | | 0.143 | 4 (9.8) | | 21 (3.4) | | 0.060 | Diabetes w/o end-organ damage | 2 (12.5) | | 3 (12.0) | | 1.000 | 5 (12.2) | | 100 (16.0) | | 0.522 | Hemiplegia or paraplegia | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 1.000 | 0 (0) | | 3 (0.5) | | 1.000 | Diabetes w/end-organ damage | 1 (6.3) | | 4 (16.0) | | 0.632 | 5 (12.2) | | 48 (7.7) | | 0.362 | Moderate-severe renal disease | 1 (6.3) | | 5 (20.0) | | 0.376 | 6 (14.6) | | 60 (9.6) | | 0.280 | Any tumor | 3 (18.8) | | 4 (16.0) | | 1.000 | 7 (17.1) | | 96 (15.3) | | 0.762 | Leukemia | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 1.000 | 0 (0) | | 5 (0.8) | | 1.000 | Lymphoma | 0 (0) | | 1 (4.0) | | 1.000 | 1 (2.4) | | 10 (1.6) | | 0.505 | Moderate-severe liver disease | 0 (0) | | 1 (4.0) | | 1.000 | 1 (2.4) | | 11 (1.8) | | 0.535 | Metastatic solid tumor | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 1.000 | 0 (0) | | 7 (1.1) | | 1.000 | AIDS | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 1.000 | 0 (0) | | 0 (0) | | 1.000 | Mean Charlson index | 2.31 | 1.54 | 2.88 | 1.56 | 0.258 | 2.66 | 1.56 | 1.50 | 1.93 | <0.001 |
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