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Table 1 Baseline clinical characteristics of study subjects

From: Hemostatic efficacy and safety of the hemostatic powder UI-EWD in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Variables

Conventional therapy (n = 112)

UI-EWD therapy (n = 55)

P-value

Age (year)§

74 (39–88)

64 (25–89)

0.181

Sex (male)§

66 (58.9)

32 (58.2)

0.875

Medication, n (%)

Anticoagulant

9 (8.0)

3 (5.5)

0.753+

Antiplatelet agent

32 (28.6)

9 (16.4)

0.085

Anticoagulant and antiplatelet agent

11 (9.8)

5 (9.1)

0.549+

White blood cell (1000/μL) §

6580 (2100–20,570)

7270 (2290–36,410)

0.337

Hb (g/dL)§

10.0 (12.0–4.9)

12.4 (6.4–16.0)

0.369

Platelet count (1000/μL)§

208 (55–654)

222 (49–371)

0.550

PTs (INR)§

1.03 (0.84–5.18)

1.05 (0.84–18.40)

0.320

aPTT (s)§

36.5 (24.2–79.2)

36.3 (26.2–79.2)

0.457

BUN (mg/dL)§

16.4 (5.5–139.8)

15.5 (6.5–95.3)

0.372

Cr (mg/dL)§

0.87 (0.29–8.43)

0.83 (0.29–7.28)

0.502

CCI ≥ 6, n (%)

46 (41.4)

39 (70.9)

0.048

Follow-up duration (day)§

131 (7–668)

47 (7–797)

0.674

  1. UGI, Upper gastrointestinal; LGI, Lower gastrointestinal; Hb, Hemoglobin; PTs, Prothrombin time; aPTT, Activated partial thromboplastin time; BUN, Blood urea nitrogen; Cr, Creatinine; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity index
  2. §Median (range)
  3. +Fisher’s exact test
  4. *P-values were calculated using the t-test or Fisher calculated using the of the conventional therapy group and the UI-EWD therapy group