Table 3.
Clinical and genetic features in patients with and without acute pancreatitis.
| Variables | With AP |
Without AP |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 18 | n = 85 | ||
| Age, years | 45·0 ± 11·4 | 51·3 ± 9·6 | 0·130 |
| Sex, n(%) | 12(66·7) | 66(77·6) | 0·324 |
| TGadmission (mmol/L) | 10·9 ± 3·8 | 9·4 ± 4.0 | 0·147 |
| TGmax (mmol/L) | 16·6 ± 6·7 | 11·3 ± 5·7 | 0·005 |
| Subgroup 1 | 8(44·4) | 50(8·8) | 0·264 |
| Subgroup 2 | 10(55·6) | 35(41·1) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25·4 ± 3·0 | 26.2 ± 2·6 | 0·265 |
| Alcohol, n (%) | |||
| Abstainers | 7(38·9) | 46(55·3) | 0·651 |
| Moderate drinker | 11(61·1) | 39(44·7) | |
| Family history of HTG, n(%) | 9(50·0) | 17(20·0) | 0·018 |
| LPL variation | 5(27·8) | 4(4·7) | 0·007 |
| ≥1 variant in LPL related genes | 9(50·0) | 17(20·0) | 0·018 |
| ≥1 variant in APOA1/C3/A4/A5 gene cluster | 3(16.7) | 7(8.2) | 0.272 |
| ≥1 variant in all sequenced genes | 11(61·1) | 35(41·2) | 0·122 |
TG, triglyceride; HTG: hypertriglyceridemia; BMI, body mass index; AP: acute pancreatitis.