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Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics among the patients with different groups

From: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is an early marker of severe acute pancreatitis based on the revised Atlanta classification

Parameters

Control (n = 10)

non-SAP (n = 117)

SAP (n = 26)

P value

Age, (mean ± SD), years

41.40 ± 13.90

46.80 ± 14.74

49.69 ± 13.85

0.070

Male/Female, n

6/4

75/42

19/7

0.761

Etiology, n (%)

   

0.415

Hypertriglyceridemia

 

64 (54.8)

13 (50.0)

 

 Biliary

 

37 (31.6)

9 (34.6)

 

 Alcohol

 

6 (5.1)

2 (7.7)

 

 Other

 

10 (8.5)

2 (7.7)

 

PN, n (%)

 

38 (32.5)

25 (96.2)

0.001

IPN, n (%)

 

1 (0.8)

6 (23.1)

0.124

Death, n (%)

 

0 (0.0)

5 (19.2)

< 0.001

Hospital stay, (mean ± SD), d

 

10.33 ± 5.68

25.63 ± 25.27

< 0.001

  1. The bold in the table means the P value of these parameters were < 0.05 and considered statistically significant
  2. PN Pancreatic necrosis, IPN Infected pancreatic necrosis, SD standard deviations
  3. Categorical variables are described as N (%)