Table 1.
Patients’ demographics and clinical characteristics in the four groups of AP
| Variables | non-HTG + non-AO (n = 417) |
HTG + non-AO (n = 286) |
non-HTG + AO (n = 188) |
HTG + AO (n = 328) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (n, %) | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 220 (52.76) | 182 (63.64) a | 80 (42.55) b | 261 (79.57) a b c | |
| Female | 197 (47.24) | 104 (36.36) a | 108 (57.45) a b | 67 (20.43) a b c | |
| Age (Years) (mean ± SD) | 60.26 ± 16.08 | 48.65 ± 12.06 a | 60.00 ± 16.67 b | 42.29 ± 11.77 a b c | < 0.001 |
| TG (mmol/L) [median (range)] | 0.82 (0.15–1.69) | 4.69 (1.71–116.38) a | 1.06 (0.28–1.68) a b | 7.31 (1.72–85.60) a c | < 0.001 |
| WC (cm) (mean ± SD) | 78.86 ± 6.29 | 81.83 ± 6.31 a | 93.14 ± 5.98 a b | 96.59 ± 6.70 a b c | < 0.001 |
| Aetiologies (n, %) | < 0.001* | ||||
| Biliary | 274 (65.71) | 54 (18.88) a | 127 (67.55) b | 59 (17.99) a c | |
| Hypertriglyceridemia | 0 (0.00) | 156 (54.55) a | 0 (0.00) b | 196 (59.76) a c | |
| Alcoholic | 12 (2.88) | 17 (5.94) | 5 (2.66) | 15 (4.57) | |
| ERCP | 2 (0.48) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (0.30) | |
| Idiopathic | 99 (23.74) | 49 (17.13) | 48 (25.53) | 46 (14.02) a c | |
| Mixedness | 1 (0.24) | 4 (1.40) | 1 (0.53) | 6 (1.83) | |
| Others | 29 (6.95) | 6 (2.10) a | 7 (3.72) | 5 (1.52) a | |
| Recurrence≥2 (Times) (n, %) | 35 (8.39) | 33 (11.54) | 10 (5.32) | 54 (16.46) a c | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus (n, %) | 44 (10.55) | 68 (23.78) a | 26 (13.83) b | 84 (25.61) a c | < 0.001 |
| Alcoholism (n, %) | 54 (12.95) | 67 (23.43) a | 21 (11.17) b | 92 (28.05) a c | < 0.001 |
| Smoker (n, %) | 51 (12.23) | 54 (18.88) | 16 (8.51) b | 91 (27.74) a c | < 0.001 |
| Hospital stay (Day) (mean ± SD) | 9.41 ± 4.61 | 9.21 ± 4.81 | 9.61 ± 4.76 | 9.66 ± 5.46 | 0.690 |
TG: serum triglyceride; WC: waist circumference; ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; a P < 0.05, compared with the non-HTG + non-AO group; b P < 0.05, compared with the HTG + non-AO group; c P < 0.05, compared with the non-HTG + AO group; * Fisher’s exact test