Table 1.
Characteristics of severe acute pancreatitis patients with early (≤ 14 d after admission) and late death (>14 d after admission)
| Early death (n = 44) | Late death (n = 61) | P value | |
| Age, yr (range) | 54.7 (34-93) | 56.3 (30-84) | 0.904 |
| Gender | 0.147 | ||
| Females | 32 (72.7%) | 36 (59.0%) | |
| Males | 12 (27.3%) | 25 (41.0%) | |
| Etiology | |||
| Biliary | 13 (29.5%) | 32 (52.5%) | 0.019 |
| Alcoholic | 13 (29.5%) | 11 (18.0%) | 0.166 |
| Idiopathic | 12 (27.3%) | 7 (27.9%) | 0.946 |
| Other | 6 (13.7%) | 1 (1.6%) | |
| Ranson’s score | 3.9 (1-9) | 4.1 (1-8) | 0.676 |
| APACHE-II score | 22.4 (9-31) | 24.5(11-32) | 0.732 |
| BMI, (Kg/m2) | 24.5 (18-39) | 23.6 (19-48) | 0.814 |
| Comorbidity | 0.557 | ||
| No comorbidity | 9 (20.5%) | 9 (32.1%) | |
| 1-2 organ systems | 22 (50.0%) | 22 (50.0%) | |
| 3-4 organ systems | 8 (18.2%) | 17 (27.9%) | |
| > 4 organ systems | 5 (11.3%) | 4 (6.6%) |
BMI: Body mass index.