Table 1.
Characteristics of the patients with or without peptic ulcer disease (mean ± SE) n (%)
| Ulcer (n = 41) | No ulcer (n = 37) | P value | |
| Age (yrs) | 56.6 ± 2.3 | 49.8 ± 2.9 | 0.07 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 32 (78.0) | 20 (54.1) | 0.03 |
| Female | 9 (22.0) | 17 (45.9) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.9 ± 0.5 | 23.3 ± 0.8 | 0.48 |
| Diabetes | |||
| Yes | 7 (17.7) | 3 (8.1) | 0.31 |
| No | 34 (82.9) | 34 (91.9) | |
| Hypertension | |||
| Yes | 9 (22.0) | 6 (16.2) | 0.52 |
| No | 32 (78.0) | 31 (83.8) | |
| Etiology | |||
| Alcohol | 22 (53.7) | 9 (24.3) | 0.03 |
| Biliary stone | 7 (17.1) | 9 (24.3) | |
| Idiopathic | 6 (14.6) | 14 (37.8) | |
| Others | 6 (14.6) | 5 (13.5 | |
| Smoke | |||
| Yes | 20 (48.8) | 10 (27.0) | 0.05 |
| No | 21 (51.2) | 27 (73.0) | |
| Alcohol | |||
| Yes | 29 (70.7) | 16 (43.2) | 0.01 |
| No | 12 (29.3) | 21 (56.8) | |
| Laboratory | |||
| BUN (mg/dL) | 17.2 ± 1.6 | 17.9 ± 1.7 | 0.78 |
| Cr (mg/dL) | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 1.0 ± 0.1 | 0.34 |
| Amylase (IU/L) | 633.9 ± 123.0 | 564.3 ± 77.9 | 0.64 |
| Lipase (IU/L) | 405.1 ± 75.2 | 518.5 ± 82.6 | 0.31 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 261.5 ± 71.5 | 111.0 ± 15.6 | 0.05 |
| ESR (mm/h) | 46.6 ± 5.5 | 36.3 ± 4.6 | 0.16 |
| CRP (mg/dL | 15.5 ± 2.3 | 5.2 ± 0.9 | < 0.001 |
| CTSI | 2.1 ± 0.3 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 0.21 |
| Ranson score | |||
| On admission | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 1.2 ± 0.2 | 0.76 |
| At 48 h | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 0.07 |
| APACHE II score | 8.0 ± 0.7 | 4.5 ± 0.7 | 0.001 |
| < 6 | 15 (36.6) | 29 (78.4) | < 0.001 |
| ≥ 6 | 26 (63.4) | 8 (21.6) | |
| Time to endoscopy (d) | 3.5 ± 0.5 | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 0.45 |
| Death | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
BMI: Body mass index; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; CTSI: Computed tomography severity index; APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.