Table 1. Distribution of Patient and Hospital Characteristics for Acute Pancreatitis Admissions: Non-HTG vs HTG.
#: for 2017
CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; HTG, hypertriglyceridemia; IHD:, ischemic heart disease
| Variable (n=575,230) | Non-HTG pancreatitis, n=470,765 (81.8)% | HTG pancreatitis, n=104,465 (18.2)% | P-value |
| Patient characteristics | |||
| Age, mean | 50.8 | 56.7 | <0.001 |
| Women | 47.2 | 45.5 | <0.001 |
| Racial distribution | <0.001 | ||
| White | 61.6 | 64.4 | |
| Black | 17.3 | 12.9 | |
| Hispanic | 12.0 | 13.3 | |
| Others | 9.1 | 9.4 | |
| Insurance type | <0.001 | ||
| Medicaid | 29.5 | 43.6 | |
| Medicare | 27.1 | 17.4 | |
| Private | 33.3 | 33.3 | |
| Uninsured | 10.1 | 5.7 | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index score | <0.001 | ||
| 0 | 45.1 | 21.6 | |
| 1 | 29.0 | 33.5 | |
| 2 | 12.3 | 20.7 | |
| ≥3 | 13.6 | 24.2 | |
| Median annual income in patient’s zip code, US$# | 0.033 | ||
| 1-43,999 | 33.2 | 32.4 | |
| 44,000-55,999 | 26.5 | 27.4 | |
| 56,000-73,999 | 23.1 | 23.4 | |
| ≥74,000 | 17.2 | 16.8 | |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Diabetes | 20.6 | 52.6 | <0.001 |
| Hypertension | 43.9 | 60.3 | <0.001 |
| Smoking history | 48.3 | 45.4 | <0.001 |
| CHF | 5.0 | 8.1 | <0.001 |
| CKD | 6.1 | 11.0 | <0.001 |
| Hypothyroidism | 7.9 | 13.1 | <0.001 |
| Obesity | 15.2 | 24.6 | <0.001 |
| Chronic IHD | 9.1 | 21.7 | <0.001 |
| Prior CVA | 0.7 | 1.2 | <0.001 |
| COPD | 9.0 | 12.2 | <0.001 |
| Anemia | 17.4 | 17.1 | 0.217 |
| Hospital characteristics | |||
| Hospital region | <0.001 | ||
| Northeast | 17.1 | 15.6 | |
| Midwest | 22.3 | 24.1 | |
| South | 40.5 | 42.6 | |
| West | 20.1 | 17.7 | |
| Hospital bed size | 0.003 | ||
| Small | 23.6 | 22.4 | |
| Medium | 30.7 | 30.8 | |
| Large | 45.7 | 46.8 | |
| Urban location | 88.1 | 86.8 | <0.001 |
| Teaching hospital | 60.2 | 58.9 | 0.002 |