Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients who underwent total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation
| Variables | TP and islet auto-transplantation (sample size = 754) | |
| Age | Mean ± SD (yr) | 39 ± 13 |
| Median (yr) | 41 | |
| Sex | Female | 513 (68%) |
| Race | White | 260/295 (88%)1 |
| Black or African American | 20/295 (6.7%)1 | |
| Hispanic | 5/295 (1.6%)1 | |
| Asian | 5/295 (1.6%)1 | |
| Other | 5/295 (1.6%)1 | |
| Comorbidity | Diabetes mellitus | 202 (26.8%) |
| Hypertension | 188 (25%) | |
| Deficiency anemia | 153 (20.4%) | |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 98 (13.1%) | |
| Drug abuse | 88 (11.7%) | |
| Coagulopathy | 63 (8.3%) | |
| Alcohol abuse | 44 (5.9%) | |
| Obesity | 25 (3.3%) | |
| Weight loss | 22 (29.l3%) | |
| Admission type | Elective | 660 (87.7%) |
| Non-elective | 93 (12.3%) | |
| Patient diagnosis/indication of surgery | Chronic pancreatitis | 648 (86%) |
| Acute pancreatitis | 90 (12%) | |
| Other diagnosis | 15 (2.1%) | |
| Other factors | Preoperative fluid and electrolyte disorders | 216 (28.7%) |
1
Race data are available only for 295 patients from nationwide inpatient sample database.