Table 3.

The Patient Characters and Laboratory Variables at the Time of Study Inclusion

Variable	Value
Patients	31 (100)
Female sex	6 (19)
Male sex	25 (81)
Age, yr	43 (18–82)
Etiology:
Biliary	5 (16)
Alcohol	8 (26)
High fat diet	9 (29)
Unknown	9 (29)
Duration of pain before admission, hr	24 (5–48)
Amylase, U/L	382 (31–3,993)
WBC counts, 109/L	13.10 (4.93–25.89)
CT Balthazar score	3 (1–5)

Data are presented as number (%) or median (range).

WBC, white blood cell; CT, computed tomography.