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. 2021 Jun 8;37(5):434–442. doi: 10.1159/000516424

Table 2.

TG07 diagnostic criteria

Did not meet the criteria (n = 65) Suspected diagnosis
(n = 100)
Definite diagnosis
(n = 97)
p value
Age, years 77.2 (64.8–82.5) 76.9 (66.1–83.2) 75.4 (62.2–82.4) 0.525
Male gender 30 (46.2) 52 (52.0) 47 (48.5) 0.75
Diabetes mellitus 25 (38.5) 38 (38.0) 37 (38.1) 0.998
Ischemic heart disease 16 (24.6) 22 (22.0) 15 (15.5) 0.311
COPD/asthma 2 (3.1) 5 (5.0) 5 (5.2) 0.799
Chronic renal impairment 11 (16.9) 11 (11.0) 16 (16.5) 0.448
History of biliary disease 7 (10.8) 70 (70.0) 59 (60.8) <0.001
Abdominal pain 31 (47.7) 71 (71.0) 76 (78.4) <0.001
Pyrexia 14 (21.5) 62 (62.0) 80 (82.5) <0.001
Vomiting 36 (55.4) 39 (39.0) 48 (49.5) 0.098
Jaundice 5 (7.7) 25 (25.0) 37 (38.1) <0.001
Abdominal tenderness 30 (46.2) 50 (50.0) 56 (57.7) 0.313
Arrythmia 3 (4.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0.01
Ionotrope use 5 (7.7) 6 (6.0) 8 (8.2) 0.821
Total positive blood cultures 26 28 41 0.036
  Monomicrobial 23 (88.5) 26 (92.9) 30 (73.2)
  Polymicrobial 3 (11.5) 2 (7.1) 11 (26.8)
Cholelithiasis 46 (70.8) 69 (69.0) 71 (73.2) 0.809
Malignancy 10 (15.4) 13 (13.0) 22 (22.7) 0.179
Ultrasound 22 (33.8) 22 (22.0) 27 (27.8) 0.242
CT scan 27 (41.5) 40 (40.0) 37 (38.1) 0.908
MRCP scan 30 (46.2) 43 (43.0) 43 (44.3) 0.924
ERCP 30 (46.2) 59 (59.0) 57 (58.8) 0.201

Values are presented as medians (IQR), numbers (%), or numbers. The total number of patients is 262. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MRCP, Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.