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. 2019 Apr 2;9:1776. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01776

Table 1.

Demography of study population including a total of 1203 cases of acute pancreatitis (AP).

Age, median (Q1–Q3) 58 (44–70)
Sex, nmale (%male) 670 (55.7)
Etiology (pure)
Biliary, n (%) 528 (43.9)
Alcoholic, n (%) 269 (22.4)
Hypertriglyceridemic, n (%) 69 (5.7)
Mortality, n (%) 28 (2.3)
Severity of pancreatitis
Mild, n (%) 825 (68.6)
Moderate, n (%) 313 (26.0)
Severe, n (%) 65 (5.4)
Length of hospitalization, median (Q1–Q3) 9 (7–14)
Local complications, n (%) 358 (29.8)
Fluid collection, n (%) 303 (25.2)
Pseudocyst, n (%) 120 (10.0)
Necrosis, n (%) 111 (9.2)
Systemic complications, n (%) 92 (7.7)
Respiratory failure, n (%) 55 (4.6)
Heart failure, n (%) 19 (1.6)
Renal failure, n (%) 33 (2.7)
Charlson Comorbidity Index, median (Q1–Q3) 2 (0–2)
Severity of comorbidities
No comorbidities, n (%) 444 (36.9)
Mild comorbidities, n (%) 345 (28.7)
Moderate comorbidities, n (%) 190 (15.8)
Severe comorbidities, n (%) 224 (18.6)

Continuous variables are presented in median with quartiles (Q1–Q3), categorical variables are presented in frequencies (n) with percentages of total (%).