Table 5

Predictors of post-ERCP bleeding

Variable	Bleeding (n=18)	No bleeding (n=1061)	OR	95% CI	P value
Clinical
Age
<40 years	3	216	0.78	0.22 to 2.73	0.7
40–70 years	11	586	1.27	0.49 to 3.31	0.62
>70 years	4	259	0.88	0.29 to 2.71	0.83
Sex
Male	9	388	1.73	0.68 to 4.41	0.25
Female	9	673	Reference group	Reference group
Ethnicity
Afro-Caribbean	7	464	0.82	0.32 to 2.13	0.68
African American	5	376	0.71	0.25 to 1.98	0.5
White	0	42	0.65	0.04 to 10.94	0.76
Other	6	179	2.46	0.91 to 6.65	0.08
Anticoagulant use	2	166	0.68	0.15 to 2.98	0.61
Presence of cholangitis	2	15	8.72	1.84 to 41.31	0.006
Procedural
Biliary sphincterotomy	14	642	2.28	0.75 to 6.99	0.15
Biliary precut	1	34	1.78	0.23 to 13.74	0.58

ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.