Do NSAIDs and ASA Cause More Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Elderly than Adults?
Table 1
Comparison of patients <65 years and patients ≥65 years in regard to age, length of stay, number of transfusion of packed erythrocytes, and number of comorbid illness.
Patients <65 years ()
Patients ≥65 years ()
Mean ± SD
Minimum
Maximum
Mean ± SD
Minimum
Maximum
Age (years)
42.83 ± 13.9
16
64
77.59 ± 7.70
65
97
0.0001
Length of stay (days)
5.59 ± 3.89
1
33
7.8 ± 6.23
1
39
0.0001
Number of transfusion of packed erythrocytes (unit)
