Table 4.
Comparison of AP Severity in Various Regions of the World
| Severity based on RAC (%) | Europe (n = 409) |
India (n = 366) |
Latin America (n = 325) |
North America (n = 512) |
Total (n = 1612) |
P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | 296 (73.4) | 148 (40.7) | 213 (68.5) | 374 (73.9) | 1031 (65.1) | < .001 |
| Moderately severe | 59 (14.6) | 134 (36.8) | 75 (24.1) | 94 (18.6) | 362 (22.9) | |
| Severe | 48 (11.9) | 82 (22.5) | 23 (7.4) | 38 (7.5) | 191 (12.1) |
NOTE. Data completion rate is more than 95%.
AP, acute pancreatitis; RAC, revised Atlanta classification.
a
Fisher exact test was used as a global test to assess the association between regions and RAC severity.