Table 3.

Comparison of serum lipids, amylase and lipase before and after therapeutic plasma exchange treatment in each patient

	Before TPE	After TPE	% reduction	p
Triglyceride	1506 [1406–3615]	686 [442.5–1334.5]
(0–149 mg/dL)	(min–max: 1040–24293)	(min–max: 111–4241)	54.4	<0.001
Total cholesterol	529 [344.5–655]	253 [182–316]
(0–149 mg/dL)	(min–max: 173–765)	(min–max: 134–458)	52.1	<0.001
Amylase	189.5 [70–528,5]	67.5 [35.7–136.5
(25–125 U/L)	(min–max: 33–1675)	](range 13–1120 )	64.4	0.001
Lipase	1697 [844–2482]	256 [158.5–521]
(8–78 U/L)	(min–max: 89–3770)	(min–max: 41–1614)	84.9	<0.001

N: number of patients; HTG: hypertriglyceridemia; HTG-AP: hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis