Table 3.
Demographics, patterns of alcohol use, cigarette smoking and clinical outcomes for sentinel episode of AP by alcoholic etiology (Alicante Cohort)
| Variables | Etiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoholic | Non-alcoholic | P | ||
| All Patients, N (%) | 366 (100) | 41 (11.2) | 325 (88.8) | |
| Median Age, (IQR) | 62 (45-75) | 42 (38-48) | 65 (49-75) | <0.001 |
| Males, N (%) | 178 (49) | 35 (85) | 143 (44) | <0.001 |
| BMI≥30, N (%) | 94 (26) | 5 (12) | 89 (27) | 0.03 |
| Alcohol Consumption, N (%) | ||||
| Ever | 109 (34) | 41 (100) | 68 (24) | <0.001 |
| Active Smoking, N (%) | 90 (28) | 31 (79) | 59 (21) | <0.001 |
| Clinical Outcomes | ||||
| Any Organ Failure, N(%) | 36 (10) | 10 (24) | 26 (8) | 0.001 |
| Persistent Organ Failure, N (%) | 17 (5) | 4 (10) | 13 (4) | 0.09 |
| Pancreas Necrosis, N (%)1 | 46 (17) | 15 (38) | 31 (14) | <0.001 |
| ICU Need | 18 (5) | 8 (20) | 10 (3) | <0.001 |
| Median hospitalization (IQR) | 11 (7-19) | 17 (8-28) | 11 (8-18) | 0.04 |
| Mortality, N (%) | 11 (3) | 3 (8) | 8 (2) | 0.08 |
1
Contrast enhanced CT was obtained in 265 patients so determination of pancreatic necrosis could only be made in these patients