PUB patients (n=155) (%) | General population (n=193) (%) |
Relative risk2-150
(95% CI) | |
UGIB related† | 14 (9.0) | 5 (2.6) | 9.6 (3.2, 28.6) |
Cardiovascular disease | 47 (30.3) | 72 (37.3) | 1.7 (1.2, 2.5) |
Cerebrovascular disease | 10 (6.5) | 22 (11.4) | 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) |
Respiratory disease | 27 (17.4) | 37 (19.2) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.7) |
Cancer | 20 (12.9) | 19 (9.8) | 3.3 (1.7, 6.2) |
Other causes‡ | 37 (23.9) | 38 (19.7) | 2.8 (1.7, 4.5) |
↵2-150 RR associated with PUB status. Estimates are ajusted by age, sex, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, diabetes and respiratory comorbidity, smoking, BMI and alcohol consumption. †Death within 30 days of an episode of upper gastrointestinal bleed. ‡Information on cause of death was not available in 20 (13%) of PUB cases and 26 (14%) persons in the general population cohort.