Table 1.
Population baseline characteristics.
| Characteristic | Triglyceride <2.26 mmol/L (<200 mg/dL) (N: 482) |
Triglyceride ≥2.26 mmol/L (≥200 mg/dL) (N: 100) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years∗ | 49 ± 14 | 50.5 ± 13 | 0.390 |
| Sex, number (%) | 0.004 | ||
| Male | 256 (53) | 68 (68) | |
| Female | 226 (47) | 32 (32) | |
| BMI kg/m2 ∗ | 28.7 ± 7.6 | 27.25 ± 5.9 | 0.086 |
| Pancreatitis etiology, number (%) | |||
| Biliary | 140 (29) | 21 (21) | 0.001 |
| Alcoholism | 156 (32) | 34 (34) | 0.001 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 0 (0) | 18 (18) | 0.001 |
| Post-ERCP | 5 (1) | 1 (1) | 0.001 |
| Unknown + otherβ | 181 (37) | 26 (26) | 0.001 |
| Comorbidities, number (%)‡ | |||
| Hypertension | 298 (61) | 69 (69) | 0.097 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 139 (29) | 45 (45) | 0.001 |
| CHF | 25 (5) | 8 (8) | 0.188 |
| Cirrhosis | 22 (4.5) | 3 (3) | 0.352 |
| HIV | 67 (14) | 13 (13) | 0.481 |
| Smoker | 205 (42) | 42 (42) | 0.503 |
| Alcoholism | 267 (55) | 59 (59) | 0.221 |
∗Plus-minus are means with ± SD.
‡Percentage may not add up to 100 because some patients had more than one disorder or risk factor.
Β: cases of Pancreatitis in which a cause could not be established or were caused by other etiologies such as hypercalcemia, drugs, trauma, pancreatic divisum, or autoimmune pancreatitis.