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. 2015 Jun 28;21(24):7367–7374. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i24.7367

Table 4.

Mortality of the acute pancreatitis patients stratified by age, etiology and diabetes mellitus

AP patients with DM AP patients without DM P value
Total AP patients 4.0% (9/226) 1.7% (27/1587) 0.036
< 19 0% (0/1) 0% (0/17) > 0.999
20-29 0% (0/8) 0% (0/82) > 0.999
30-39 0% (0/25) 1.2% (2/173) > 0.999
40-49 0% (0/34) 0.5% (1/217) > 0.999
50-59 0% (0/41) 1.1% (3/277) > 0.999
60-69 4.9% (2/41) 1.8% (5/271) 0.231
> 70 9.5% (7/74) 3.1% (16/516) 0.017
Uncertain age 0% (0/2) 0% (0/34) > 0.999
Alcoholic AP 1.1% (1/92) 1.2% (6/489) > 0.999
< 19 No patients 0% (0/1) Not determined
20-29 0% (0/4) 0% (0/34) > 0.999
30-39 0% (0/15) 1.1% (1/93) > 0.999
40-49 0% (0/21) 0.7% (1/134) > 0.999
50-59 0% (0/21) 0.8% (1/120) > 0.999
60-69 0% (0/16) 4.9% (3/61) > 0.999
> 70 6.7% (1/15) 0% (0/38) 0.283
Uncertain age No patients 0% (0/8) Not determined
Biliary AP 2.3% (1/44) 1.0% (4/409) 0.402
< 19 No patients No patients Not determined
20-29 No patients 0% (0/4) Not determined
30-39 No patients 0% (0/17) Not determined
40-49 0% (0/4) 0% (0/23) > 0.999
50-59 0% (0/5) 1.8% (1/57) > 0.999
60-69 0% (0/11) 0% (0/86) > 0.999
> 70 4.3% (1/23) 1.4% (3/214) 0.337
Uncertain age 0% (0/1) 0% (0/8) > 0.999
Idiopathic AP 9.7% (3/31) 2.7% (7/261) 0.078
< 19 0% (0/1) 0% (0/4) > 0.999
20-29 0% (0/1) 0% (0/26) > 0.999
30-39 0% (0/4) 0% (0/24) > 0.999
40-49 0% (0/4) 0% (0/20) > 0.999
50-59 0% (0/5) 0% (0/27) > 0.999
60-69 16.7% (1/6) 2.6% (1/39) 0.252
> 70 20.0% (2/10) 5.2% (6/115) 0.125
Uncertain age No patients 0% (0/6) Not determined

AP: Acute pancreatitis; DM: Diabetes mellitus.