Table 2. Severity comparisons between alcoholic acute pancreatitis patients using cannabis (CB+) and not using cannabis (CB−).
| Severity measure | Overall (N=114) N (%) | CB+ (N=38) N (%) | CB− (N=76) N (%) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUN level median (IQR) | 11.00 (7.00, 16.00) | 10.00 (7.00, 12.00) | 12.00 (7.00, 18.00) | 0.033 |
| BISAP score | 0.031 | |||
| 0,1 | 96 (84.21) | 36 (94.74) | 60 (78.95) | |
| 2,3 | 18 (15.79) | 2 (5.26) | 16 (21.05) | |
| SIRS score | 0.043 | |||
| Yes | 46 (40.35) | 10 (26.32) | 36 (47.37) | |
| No | 68 (59.65) | 28 (73.68) | 40 (52.63) | |
| Balthazar index^ | 0.29 | |||
| A,B | 27 (24.77) | 11 (33.33) | 16 (21.05) | |
| C | 46 (42.20) | 14 (42.42) | 32 (42.11) | |
| D,E | 36 (33.03) | 8 (24.24) | 28 (36.84) | |
| Severity of pancreatitis | 0.41 | |||
| Mild | 57 (50.00) | 22 (57.89) | 35 (46.05) | |
| Moderate | 50 (43.86) | 15 (39.47) | 35 (46.05) | |
| Severe | 7 (6.14) | 1 (2.63) | 6 (7.89) |
BUN, blood urea nitrogen; BISAP, bedside index for severity of acute pancreatitis; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome. *, P value generated from Fisher’s exact test or Chi-square test for proportions and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous measures; ^, 5 missing a Balthazar index score due to not having a computed tomography (CT) scan. Wilcoxon rank-sum test produces mean scores: mean score for BUN level, 48.08 CB+, 62.21 CB−.