Prevalence and prognostic significance of vitamin C deficiency in patients with acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a prospective cohort study.

Aliment Pharmacol Ther · 2023 · PMC10108177 · PMID 36514851

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There was a clear trend towards higher inpatient mortality; however, this was likely limited by type II error.

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Melaena as a presenting symptom occurred less commonly in the VCD group compared with patients with normal vitamin C levels (28.4% vs 44.8%, p = 0.03) with haematemesis occurring more frequently in those with VCD (41.1% vs 28.6%, p = 0.05), although this difference did not reach statistical significance.

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