Evaluation of Six Preendoscopy Scoring Systems to Predict Outcomes for Older Adults with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Table 3

Characteristics of the elderly patients.

Age
Sex (male/female)	405 : 197
Comorbidity
Cirrhosis	68 (10.0%)
Renal failure	60 (9.9%)
Any malignancy	56 (9.3%)
PCI	60 (9.9%)
Heart failure	18 (2.9%)
Hypertension	336 (55.8%)
Diabetes	118 (19.6%)
Chronic lung disease	20 (3.3%)
Medications
NSAIDs	6 (1.0%)
Aspirin	146 (24.3%)
Clopidogrel	74 (12.3%)
Oral anticoagulants	26 (4.3%)
Steroids	8 (1.3%)
Relevant variables and scores components (median (IQR))
Systolic blood pressure(mmHg)	124.5 (29)
Pulse (beats/min)	79 (18)
Creatinine (μmol/L)	83 (41)
Hemoglobin (g/L)	88 (43)
Albumin (g/L)	33.7 (8.63)
Urea (mmol/L)	9.65 (9.7)
ASA score	3 (1)
Mental status change	34 (5.6%)
Findings at endoscopy
Duodenal/gastric ulcer	284 (47.2%)
Erosions	48 (8.0%)
Upper GI cancer	74 (12.3%)
Variceal bleeding	58 (9.6%)
Esophagitis	18 (2.9%)
Mallory-Weiss syndrome	18 (2.9%)
Normal	102 (16.9%)
Outcomes
Death (total)	48 (8.0%)
Intervention	284 (47.2%)
Rebleeding	130 (21.6%)
Scores (median (IQR))
AIMS65	1 (1)
GBS	9 (5)
pRS	3 (1)
MAP(ASH)	3 (2)
-score	9 (2)
ABC score	4 (2)

PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; NSAIDs: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: IQR: interquartile range.