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. 2024 Sep 21;30(35):3996–4010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v30.i35.3996

Table 3.

Association of metabolic syndrome component count with clinical severity scores and hospitalization characteristics in hypertriglyceridemia-acute pancreatitis, n (%)

Characteristic Number of metabolic syndrome components
P value
1 (n = 6)
2 (n = 61)
3 (n = 102)
4 (n = 69)
5 (n = 17)
Age (years) 35.8 ± 8.8 39.8 ± 9.6 40.9 ± 8.2 39.5 ± 9.9 40.2 ± 8.9 0.545
Sex
        Male 5 (2.6) 42 (21.5) 76 (39.0) 57 (29.2) 15 (7.7) 0.290
        Female 1 (1.7) 19 (31.7) 26 (43.3) 12 (20.0) 2 (3.3)
Scoring systems
Ranson 0.5 (0, 1) 1 (1, 3) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 4) 4 (2, 5) < 0.001a
BISAP 0 (0, 0.5) 0 (0, 1) 1 (0, 2) 2 (1, 2) 2 (1, 2.5) < 0.001a
MCTSI 4 (2, 6.5) 4 (2, 8) 6 (2, 8) 8 (4, 8) 8 (4, 8) 0.005a
Length of hospital stays (days) 6 (4.3, 9.8) 8 (5, 12.5) 10 (7, 14.3) 11 (6, 17) 19 (13, 19.5) 0.014a
Total costs (thousand CNY) 8.6 (5.9, 17.1) 14.0 (6.8, 24.6) 17.9 (11.4, 37.7) 26.1 (14.7, 61.1) 25.8 (16.7, 81.3) < 0.001a
a

P < 0.05.

CNY: China yuan; BISAP: Bedside Index of Severity in acute pancreatitis; MCTSI: Modified computed tomography severity index.