Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of external stent and internal stent group in high-risk of pancreatic fistula patients

Characteristics	External stent group N = 43	Internal stent group N = 129	P-value
Age (years)	60 (56–67)	62 (56–70)	P = 0.406
Gender (M/F)	27/16	84/45	P = 0.783
BMI (kg/m2)	23.03 ± 3.18	22.53 ± 2.79	P = 0.334
Hypertension	11 (25.6%)	39 (30.2%)	P = 0.561
Diabetes	1 (2.3%)	19 (14.7%)	P = 0.028
Smoke	16 (37.2%)	47 (36.4%)	P = 0.927
Drink	8 (18.6%)	37(28.7%)	P = 0.193
Weight Loss	8 (18.6%)	23 (17.8%)	P = 0.909

The italic values reflected that there was a significant difference between the two groups