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Table 1 Basic characteristics

From: Metabolic syndrome components and acute pancreatitis: a case–control study in China

 

Non-AP patients (n = 356)

AP patients (n = 349)

p

Mean age, years (SD)

51.2 ± 15.9

51.2 ± 15.9

0.989

Gender, n (%)

   

Female

140 (39.3)

136 (39.0)

 

Male

216 (60.7)

213 (61.0)

0.923

Smoking history, n (%)

62 (17.4)

125 (35.8)

< 0.001

Alcohol drinking history, n (%)

53 (14.9)

101 (28.9)

< 0.001

Biliary stones, n (%)

8 (2.3)

101 (28.9)

< 0.001

Hepatitis B, n (%)

17 (4.8)

7 (2.0)

0.049

Hepatitis C, n (%)

3 (0.8)

1 (0.3)

0.349

BMI, kg/m2 (IQR)

23.8 ± 3.5

24.8 ± 3.7

< 0.001

TC, mg/dL (IQR)

178.0 (153.7, 209.3)

180.3 (145.6, 235.1)

< 0.001

TG, mg/dL (IQR)

101.8 (77.0, 157.5)

131.9 (81.4, 349.6)

< 0.001

HDL, mg/dL (IQR)

99.1 (86.7, 117.7)

90.3 (74.3, 112.4)

< 0.001

LDL, mg/dL (IQR)

269.9 (224.8, 318.6)

258.4 (198.2, 236.3)

0.030

Apo A, g/L (IQR)

1.2 (1.1, 1.4)

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

< 0.001

Apo B, g/L (IQR)

0.9 (0.7, 1.0)

0.8 (0.7, 1.0)

0.198

FPG, mg/dL (IQR)

97.8 (89.4, 112.1)

132.8 (107.4, 172.7)

< 0.001

Anti-diabetic therapy, n (%)

27 (79.4)

59 (64.8)

0.118

  1. Data were numbers and percentages, or median (25th, 75th percentile), as appropriate
  2. n number, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, Apo A apolipoprotein A, Apo B apolipoprotein B, FPG fasting plasma glucose
  3. SI conversion factors: TC: 1 mg/dL = 0.0259 mmol/L; HDL, LDL, TG: 1 mg/dL = 0.0113 mmol/L; FPG: 1 mg/dL = 0.0555 mmol/L