Table 1.

Clinical characteristic in 138 patients, 85 with acute pancreatitis and 53 with acute abdominal disorders of non-pancreatic origin

	AP	EP	NP	AAD	HC
n	85	52	33	53	20
Age (y)	60 (20–86)	60 (20–86)	61 (35–84)	67 (25–95)	39 (22–62)
Sex (M/F)	57/28	32/20	24/9	27/26	10/10
Aetiology
Biliary	55 (65%)	36 (70%)	19 (56%)
Alcohol	21 (25%)	11 (20%)	10 (31%)
Other	9 (10%)	5 (5%)	4 (13%)
APACHE II	7 (1–19)	6 (1–14)	10 (3–19)	8 (4–21)	—
Ranson	2.7 (0–9)	1.9 (0–5)	4.0 (0–9)	—	—
Mortality	3 (3.5%)	0	3 (9%)	8 (15%)	—

AP, acute pancreatitis; EP, acute oedematous pancreatitis; NP, acute necrotising pancreatitis; AAD, acute abdominal disorders of non-pancreatic origin; HC, healthy controls.

Values are median (range) or number (%).