Do NSAIDs and ASA Cause More Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Elderly than Adults?

Table 2

Comparison between patients <65 years and patients ≥65 years in regard to gender, clinical outcome, comorbid illness, ASA and NSAID use, and mortality.

	Patients <65 years ()		⁢Patients ≥65 years ()
Gender
Male	266	77.1	96	53.6
Female	79	22.9	83	46.4
Clinical outcome
Dead	7	2	18	10.1
Discharged	338	98	161	89.9
	⁢0.0001
Comorbid illness
Yes	204	40.7	23	87.2
No	140	59.3	156	12.8
	⁢0.0001
Warfarin use
Yes	15	4.3	29	16.2
No	330	95.7	150	83.8
	⁢0.0001
ASA use
Yes	45	13	34	19
No	300	87	145	81
	⁢0.071
NSAID use
Yes	98	28.4	42	23.5
No	247	71.6	137	76.5
	⁢0.225
Mortality rates of ASA-users
Not ASA-users	7	100	15	83.3
ASA-users	0	0	3	16.7
	⁢0.250
Mortality rates of NSAIDs-users
Not NSAID-users	7	100	17	94.4
NSAID-users	0	0	1	5.6
	⁢0.524