Research Article

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Xingtai City

Table 2

The proportion of peptic ulcer and variceal bleeding events in the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 periods.

DetailsPre-COVID-19 period (4-Jan to 31-Jan) ( of )COVID-19 period (1-Feb to 28-Feb) ( of ) value

Peptic ulcer UGIB ( (%))82 (55.03%)34 (51.52%)0.633
Variceal UGIB ( (%))34 (22.82%)16 (24.24%)0.821

values were compared between the two groups. A significant level of was used. Abbreviations: COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; UGIB: upper gastrointestinal bleeding; EGD: esophagogastroduodenoscopy.