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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Usefulness of the d-dimer to albumin ratio for risk assessment in patients with acute variceal bleeding at the emergency department: retrospective observational study

 

All patient (N = 118)

ICU (N = 67)

P value

Long stay (N = 13)

P value

Transfusion (N = 95)

P value

Mortality (N = 11)

P value

Age

60.63 ± 12.66

60.07 ± 13.13

0.455

63.15 ± 14.61

0.527

59.88 ± 13.03

0.151

60.91 ± 12.05

0.810

Male sex, n (%)

96 (81.4%)

57 (85.1%)

0.342

10 (76.9%)

0.954

77 (81.1%)

1.000

10 (90.9%)

0.654

Hospitalization period, day

6 (1–50)

5 (1–49)

0.083

25 (16–49)

0.000

5 (1–49)

0.007

12 (1–25)

0.268

Recent hemorrhage, n (%)

89 (75.4%)

56 (83.6%)

0.032

12 (92.3%)

0.247

72 (75.8%)

1.000

11 (100%)

0.105

MEWS

2.5 (1–10)

3 (1–10)

0.002

4 (1–10)

0.008

3 (1–10)

0.001

4 (1–8)

0.024

MELD score

14 (7–37)

16 (7–37)

0.008

20 (15–37)

0.000

15 (7–37)

0.001

21 (10–37)

0.002

Child–Pugh score

7 (5–14)

8 (5–14)

0.031

11 (7–14)

0.000

7 (5–14)

0.004

11 (6–12)

0.000

Rockall score (Pre-endoscopy)

4 (0–7)

13 (5–18)

0.019

14 (9–17)

0.007

13 (6–18)

0.004

14 (10–16)

0.001

AIMS65 score

1 (0–5)

2 (0–5)

0.000

3 (1–5)

0.000

2 (0–5)

0.000

2 (0–5)

0.002

GBS score

10 (0–15)

4 (2–7)

0.002

5 (3–6)

0.105

4 (2–7)

0.000

5 (4–6)

0.005

Shock Index

0.88 (0.26–1.88)

1.00 (0.26–1.88)

0.001

0.92 (0.35–1.88)

0.310

0.97 (0.26–1.88)

0.000

1.05 (0.26–1.80)

0.071

D-dimer, ng/mL

850 (50–17,600)

1,250 (50–8,500)

0.001

2,100 (250–3,700)

0.008

950 (50–8,500)

0.048

2,050 (550–17,600)

0.011

Albumin, g/dL

3.1 (1.1–5.7)

2.9 (1.1–4.2)

0.004

2.1 (1.6–3.7)

0.001

2.9 (1.1–4.2)

0.000

2.3 (1.1–3.5)

0.002

D-dimer to albumin ratio

282.86 (17.86–6,518.52)

475 (17.86–3,236.84)

0.000

1,093.75 (86.21–1,888.89)

0.001

343.75 (17.86–3,236.84)

0.008

1,093.75 (157.14–6,518.52)

0.001

  1. ICU Intensive care unit, MEWS Modified early warning score, MELD Model for end-stage liver disease, GBS Glasgow-blatchford score