Table 1 Patient Characteristics at Baseline
From: Glucocorticoids in acute pancreatitis: a propensity score matching analysis
Characteristic | Original cohort (n = 818) | P | Matched cohort (n = 118) | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GC group (n = 76) | NGC group (n = 742) | GC group (n = 59) | NGC group (n = 59) | |||
Age, year | 45.1 ± 14.3 | 42.3 ± 16.6 | 0.429 | 44.9 ± 15.3 | 44.1 ± 16.1 | 0.894 |
Sex, Male, n (%) | 44 (57.89%) | 385 (51.89%) | 0.132 | 33 (55.93%) | 34 (57.62%) | 0.813 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 28.1 ± 4.8 | 25.7 ± 3.9 | 0.107 | 27.2 ± 4.9 | 27.0 ± 4.1 | 0.927 |
TGs, mmol/L | 38.2 ± 18.5 | 20.2 ± 16.8 | 0.005* | 37.1 ± 17.9 | 37.51 ± 17.75 | 0.798 |
APACHE II score | 7.1 ± 2.5 | 4.5 ± 2.1 | 0.034* | 7.2 ± 2.4 | 7.1 ± 2.3 | 0.829 |
SOFA score | 4.4 ± 1.5 | 2.1 ± 1.6 | 0.063 | 4.3 ± 1.5 | 4.3 ± 1.5 | 0.968 |