Table 1. Demographic and clinical data of RAP patients based on different etiologies.
| Variable | All (n=683) | Different etiologies | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoholism (n=64) | Cholelithiasis (n=105) | Hypertriglyceridemia (n=348) | Multiple causes (n=38) | Idiopathic causes (n=128) | |||
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||||
| Male | 449 (65.74) | 62 (96.88) | 51 (48.57)‡ | 232 (66.67)‡,§ | 25 (65.79)‡,§ | 79 (61.72)‡,§ | |
| Female | 234 (34.26) | 2 (3.13) | 54 (51.43)‡ | 116 (33.33)‡,§ | 13 (34.21)‡,§ | 49 (38.28)‡,§ | |
| TG (mmol/L) | 8.13 [2.10, 19.63] | 2.51 [1.49, 3.70]¶,|| | 1.33 [0.86, 2.00]¶,|| | 17.99 [12.12, 25.77] | 18.39 [8.40, 23.77] | 2.01 [1.37, 3.27]¶,|| | <0.001 |
| Blood glucose (mmol/L) | 8.86 [6.47, 13.16] | 7.60 [5.93, 11.07]¶,|| | 7.43 [5.74, 10.12]¶,|| | 10.55 [7.44, 14.33] | 10.05 [7.49, 16.26] | 7.30 [5.97, 9.84]¶,|| | <0.001 |
| Age (years) | 45 [39, 52] | 43 [36, 46.75]§ | 53 [43.5, 66] | 44 [37.25, 50]§ | 46 [40.50, 51.25] | 45 [40, 54]§ | <0.001 |
| Age rating | <0.001 | ||||||
| Young (18–44 years) | 322 (47.14) | 38 (59.38)§ | 28 (26.67) | 180 (51.72)§ | 14 (36.84) | 62 (48.44)§ | |
| Middle-aged (45–64 years) | 311 (45.53) | 26 (40.63) | 48 (45.71) | 165 (47.41) | 22 (57.89) | 50 (39.06) | |
| Elderly (>65 years) | 50 (7.32) | 0§,† | 29 (27.62)||,† | 3 (0.86)§,† | 2 (5.26)§ | 16 (12.50) | |
| Hospital stay (days) | 11 [7, 15] | 10 [7, 17] | 13 [9.5, 18] | 10 [7, 15]§ | 11 [6, 17.25] | 10 [8, 15] | 0.008 |
| Pre-existing diabetes | 160 (23.43) | 9 (14.06)¶,|| | 10 (9.52)¶,|| | 106 (30.46) | 15 (39.47) | 20 (15.63)¶,|| | <0.001 |
Data are presented as n (%) or median [interquartile range]. ‡, compared to alcoholism-related RAP; §, compared to cholelithiasis-related RAP; ¶, compared to hyperlipidemia-related RAP; ||, compared to multifactorial RAP; †, compared to idiopathic RAP. n, number of patients; RAP, recurrent acute pancreatitis; TG, triglyceride.