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Table 1 Comparison between the very severe HTG group and the severe HTG group

From: LESS IS MORE: classified management of hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis on the basis of a propensity score matching cohort study

Variables

Very severe HTG group (n = 100)

Severe HTG group (n = 71)

p

Baseline characteristics

   

Age, median (IQR), years

39.0 (31.0–45.0)

35.0 (31.0-44.5)

0.665

BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

26.99 (3.75)

26.99 (3.96)

1

Male (%)

75 (75.0)

56 (78.9)

0.685

DM (%)

38 (38.0)

25 (35.2)

0.832

Clinical outcomes

   

Triglyceride, 0 h, median (IQR), mmol/L

44.7 (31.9–66.0)

15.8 (13.7–18.7)

< 0.01

APACHE II, 0 h, median (IQR)

5.0 (4.0–9.0)

4.0 (2.0–7.0)

< 0.01

SAP (%)

30 (30.0)

11 (15.5)

< 0.05

Local complication (%)

50 (80.6)

50 (79.4)

1

APFC (%)

38 (61.3)

46 (73.0)

0.288

Pseudocyst (%)

4 (6.5)

9 (14.3)

0.254

APNC (%)

16 (25.8)

10 (15.9)

0.251

WON (%)

13 (21.0)

7 (11.1)

0.208

Secondary infection (%)

7 (11.3)

5 (7.9)

0.739

Hospitalization expenses

   

Hospital LOS, median (IQR), day

10.0 (7.0–15.0)

9.0 (6.0–12.0)

< 0.05

Total cost, median (IQR), thousand CNY

21.6 (14.7–39.0)

13.6 (10.3–24.5)

< 0.01

Hospital daily cost, median (IQR), thousand CNY/day

2.1 (1.6–3.4)

1.8 (1.5–2.1)

< 0.01

  1. BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; HTG, hypertriglyceridemia; SAP, severe acute pancreatitis; APFC, acute peripancreatic fluid collection; APNC, acute peripancreatic necrosis collection; WON, wall-off pancreatic necrosis; LOS, length of stay; CNY, Chinese Yuan; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available
  2. #Data description method, median with interquartile range
  3. * p values were calculated using the Wilcoxon rank-sum test