Table 2. Clinical Outcomes of Acute HTG Pancreatitis Compared to Biliary Pancreatitis.

*, statistically significant; #, adjusted mean difference; HTG, hypertriglyceridemia; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NSTEMI, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction

Outcome	Biliary pancreatitis	HTG pancreatitis	aOR (95% CI)	P-value*
Primary outcome %
In-hospital mortality	0.8	0.6	0.74 (0.582 to 0.934)	0.012*
Secondary outcomes %
Length of stay, mean	5.1	4.1	0.9 (-1.0 to -0.8)#	<0.001*
Total hospital charges, mean US$	54,717	34,337	-19,331 (-20,597 to -18,065)#	<0.001*
Sepsis	2.3	1.1	0.52 (0.441 to 0.612)	<0.001*
Septic shock	0.7	0.4	0.64 (0.482 to 0.851)	<0.001*
NSTEMI	0.6	0.4	0.70 (0.535 to 0.926)	<0.001*
Blood transfusion requirement	2.0	1.1	0.57 (0.478 to 0.678)	<0.001*
Acute kidney failure	11.9	13.3	1.02 (0.957 to 1.088)	0.545
Acute respiratory distress syndrome	0.2	0.2	0.78 (0.500 to 1.229)	0.289