Patient characteristics at time of admission or as recorded at time of inpatient presentation
| Variable | Endoscopy % (n=5004) | No Endoscopy % (n=1746) | All patients % (n=6750) |
| Gender* | |||
| Male | 61 (3040) | 55 (969) | 59 (4009) |
| Female | 39 (1962) | 45 (777) | 41 (2739) |
| Admission status | |||
| New | 82 (4109) | 83 (1441) | 82 (5550) |
| Inpatient | 17 (833) | 16 (274) | 17 (1107) |
| Unknown | 1.2 (62) | 1.8 (31) | 1.4 (93) |
| Age years | |||
| Median (IQR) | 68 (51-80) | 67 (43-83) | 68 (49-81) |
| Age group distribution | |||
| <60 | 35 (1771) | 43 (746) | 37 (2517) |
| 60–79 | 38 (1922) | 24 (412) | 35 (2334) |
| ≥80 | 26 (1311) | 34 (587) | 28 (1898) |
| Haemodynamic status at presentation | |||
| Normal | 60 (3026) | 66 (1155) | 62 (4181) |
| Tachycardia only (>100 bpm) | 24 (1177) | 18 (320) | 22 (1497) |
| 70≤BP<100 | 13 (628) | 10 (175) | 12 (803) |
| 50≤BP<70 | 1.5 (73) | 1.7 (30) | 1.5 (103) |
| BP<50 | 0.3 (17) | 0.3 (6) | 0.3 (23) |
| Not recorded | 1.7 (83) | 3.4 (60) | 2.1 (143) |
| Co-morbidity (%)† | |||
| IHD | 19 (973) | 15 (260) | 18 (1233) |
| Cardiac failure | 5.7 (283) | 6.1 (107) | 5.8 (390) |
| Respiratory disease | 11 (540) | 12 (202) | 11 (742) |
| Cirrhosis | 10 (522) | 4.4 (77) | 8.9 (599) |
| Renal disease | 8.2 (412) | 7.6 (132) | 8.1 (544) |
| Stroke | 6.9 (347) | 9.5 (166) | 7.6 (513) |
| Dementia | 4.3 (214) | 11 (187) | 5.9 (401) |
| Cancer | 8.0 (399) | 9.3 (162) | 8.3 (561) |
| Pre endoscopy Rockall score | |||
| 0–1 | 32 (1589) | 41 (716) | 34 (2305) |
| 2–3 | 33 (1635) | 23 (399) | 30 (2034) |
| 4–5 | 30 (1515) | 29 (499) | 30 (2014) |
| 6–7 | 5.3 (265) | 7.6 (132) | 5.9 (397) |