Research Article

Treatment of Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Chinese Patients on Antithrombotic Therapy

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

ItemAntithrombotic groupControl groupChi-squared or Fisher’s exact test or Mann–Whitney test
value

Age (median [IQR], y)67.0 (18.0)58.0 (30.0)
Sex, M/F ()71/28105/26
Forrest classification, high risk/low risk ()78/2184/47
Bleeding sites, E/S/D ()12/26/616/52/73
Esophageal bleeding (, %)12 (12.1)6 (4.6)
Endoscopy with anesthesia under tracheal intubation (, %)20 (20.2)1 (0.7)
PPI therapy prior the bleeding (, %)43 (43.4)11 (8.4)
Interventional therapy (, %)8/902/129
APT/ACT ()80/19
PCI or />1 m ()16/64
/>1 m ()5/14

IQR: interquartile range; E: esophagus; S: stomach; D: duodenum; APT: antiplatelet therapy; ACT: anticoagulant therapy; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CAB: coronary artery bypass graft.