Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with an increased hemorrhagic risk in patients in the intensive care unit

Table 3 Main clinical characteristics of patients with and without bleeding during their ICU stay

Characteristic	Bleeding patients (n = 223)	Non-bleeding patients (n = 1,469)
Age (year)	61.2	61.0
Male sex (%)	68.2	63.4
SAPS II	44.7 ± 17.8	39.2 ± 15.9^a
Patients with mechanical ventilation (%)	78	77
Patients with sepsis (%)	27.4	20.3^b
Shock on admission (%)	35.9	21.2^a
Creatinine on admission (μmol/l)	180 ± 176	135 ± 175^b
Positivity of H. pylori antigen (%)	5.4	6.3
Death (%)	30.9	18.6^a

The patients with documented extra-digestive bleeding were excluded from this analysis.
^aStatistical significance: p < 0.01 with univariate analysis. ^bStatistical significance: p < 0.05 with univariate analysis.

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