Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics.
| Patient groups | Control (n=56) |
CAP (n=24) |
AP (n=38) |
RAP (n=56) |
CP (n=57) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age a | 50.13 ± 14.10 | 48.79 ± 14.44 | 46.61 ± 13.29 | 47.36 ± 13.25 | 53.19 ± 10.76 | 0.0902 |
| Sexb, Female/Male | 26/30 | 11/13 | 21/17 | 28/28 | 23/34 | 0.6859 |
| Ethnicityb, Hispanic/non-Hispanic | 6/50 | 2/22 | 1/37 | 6/50 | 0/57 | 0.0808 |
| BMI (kg/m2) a | 26.87 ± 4.91 | 27.33 ± 7.96 | 26.03 ± 5.10 | 28.27 ± 6.70 | 24.98 ± 5.42 | 0.0506 |
| DMb, n (%) | 2 (3.57) | 6 (25) | 4 (10.53) | 15 (26.79) | 24 (42.11) | <0.0001 |
| Smoking statusb, n (%) | <0.0001 | |||||
| Never | 42 (75) | 12 (50) | 16 (42.11) | 32 (57.14) | 12 (21.05) | |
| Past | 12 (21.43) | 7 (29.17) | 13 (34.21) | 11 (19.64) | 14 (24.56) | |
| Current | 2 (3.57) | 5 (20.83) | 7 (18.42) | 13 (23.21) | 31 (54.39) | |
| Drinking statusb, n (%) | 0.0282 | |||||
| Abstainers | 10 (17.86) | 4 (16.67) | 5 (13.16) | 11 (19.64) | 3 (5.26) | |
| Light drinkers | 15 (26.79) | 6 (25) | 8 (21.05) | 7 (12.5) | 6 (10.53) | |
| Moderate drinkers | 13 (23.21) | 6 (25) | 6 (15.79) | 14 (25) | 11 (19.30) | |
| Heavy drinkers | 10 (17.86) | 2 (8.33) | 7 (18.42) | 12 (21.43) | 13 (22.81) | |
| Very heavy drinkers | 3 (5.36) | 5 (20.83) | 6 (15.79) | 10 (17.86) | 21 (36.84) | |
| Etiology of pancreatitis, n (%) | ||||||
| Alcoholic | - | - | 7 (18) | 11 (20) | 30 (53) | |
| Genetic | - | - | 1 (3) | 3 (5) | 6 (11) | |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | - | - | 2 (5) | 8 (14) | 1 (2) | |
| Obstructive | - | - | 3 (8) | 2 (4) | 0 | |
| Miscellaneous | - | - | 1 (3) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | |
| Idiopathic | - | - | 24 (63) | 31 (55) | 19 (33) | |
Note.
a
Mean ± SD, the p-values were from one-way ANOVA tests
b
Chi square tests were performed for p-values of categorical data. Missing data were excluded from testing.