Table 6

Mortality, further bleeding and red blood cell (RBC) transfusion rates by complete Rockall score (patients undergoing inpatient endoscopy)

Complete Rockall Score (n=4989)0 (228)1 (592)2 (588)3 (645)4 (810)5 (749)6 (549)7 (393)8+ (435)
Deaths (n)1482039666557110
Mortality (%)0.40.71.43.14.88.8121525
Mortality ratio relative to score of zero (95% CI)*1.0 reference1.5 (0.2 to 13)3.1 (0.4 to 24)7.1 (1.0 to 52)11 (1.5 to 79)20 (2.8 to 143)27 (3.8 to 190)33 (4.7 to 231)58 (8.4 to 395)
Further bleeding (n)82437588091106103160
Further bleeding (%)3.54.16.39.09.912192637
Further bleeding ratio relative to score of zero (95% CI)*1.0 reference1.2 (0.5 to 2.6)1.8 (0.8 to 3.9)2.6 (1.2 to 5.4)2.8 (1.3 to 5.9)3.5 (1.7 to 7.1)5.5 (2.7 to 11)7.5 (3.7 to 15)10 (5.1 to 21)
RBC transfusion (n)34122223294404444384308359
RBC transfusion (%)152138465059707882
RBC transfusion ratio relative to score of zero (95% CI)*1.0 reference1.4 (1.0 to 2.0)2.5 (1.8 to 3.6)3.1 (2.2 to 4.3)3.3 (2.4 to 4.6)4.0 (2.9 to 5.5)4.7 (3.4 to 6.5)5.3 (3.8 to 7.3)5.5 (4.0 to 7.7)
  • * Ratios adjusted for hospital clustering effects using binary regression (see statistical methods).