Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy for treating recurrent bleeding of small bowel angioectasias

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 6 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of re-bleeding related factors

Clinical factors	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age> 65 years	1.285	0.270–6.118	0.753
Male sex	0.610	0.139–2.678	0.513
RBC transfusion before admission	5.655	1.007–31.758	0.049^*
With type 1b lesions	1.918	0.361–10.194	0.445
Multiple lesions (≥ 3)	17.672	2.246–139.060	0.006^*
EIS treatment	0.037	0.005–0.260	< 0.001^*

NOTE: For the multivariate logistic regression analysis, only the variables that were identified by univariate analysis as being significant with a P-value < 0.15 were included as covariates. RBC transfusion before admission and HB ≤ 70 g/L suggested the same clinical significance; thus, only the former was involved in the multivariate analysis. *: P < 0.05 was considered of significant difference
Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; RBC, red blood cell; HB, hemoglobin; EIS, endoscopic injection sclerotherapy

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