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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients stratified by AP severity

From: Impact of visceral adiposity on severity of acute pancreatitis: a propensity score-matched analysis

 

Total

Severity of AP

p value

Mild

Moderately severe

Severe

(n = 306)

(n = 204)

(n = 56)

(n = 46)

Age (years)

50.6 ± 18.7

50.4 ± 18.7

49.4 ± 18.9

52.8 ± 19.3

0.632

Sex, male (%)

157 (51.3%)

107 (52.5%)

25 (44.6%)

25 (54.3%)

0.552

BMI (kg/m2)

24.4 ± 4.5

24.2 ± 5.0

24.7 ± 2.7

25.3 ± 3.1

0.505

Fat volume parameters (cm2)

 SAT

131.1 ± 23.1

128.1 ± 22.1

138.8 ± 22.4

134.6 ± 25.8

0.04

 VAT

136.1 ± 27.3

121.6 ± 17.3

154.1 ± 15.1

178.7 ± 15.2

< 0.001

 SMT

138.2 ± 25.8

143.5 ± 25.8

130.6 ± 20.2

123.7 ± 24.5

< 0.001

 VAT/SMT ratio

1.03 ± 0.32

0.87 ± 0.21

1.21 ± 0.21

1.49 ± 0.26

< 0.001

  1. BMI, Body mass index; SAT, Subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, Visceral adipose tissue; SMT, Skeletal muscle tissue
  2. Student Newman-Keuls post hoc comparisons of fat volume parameters were assessed between three groups (p < 0.05, respectively)