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Table 2 Comparisons of body composition parameters in patients with mild and moderately severe to severe hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis

From: The association of parameters of body composition and laboratory markers with the severity of hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis

Variables

HTGP

Mild HTGP

Moderately severe to Severe HTGP

P values

Body mass index

 Male

26.3 ± 3.3

26.3 ± 2.8

26.3 ± 3.5

0.885

 Female

24.5 ± 3.8

24.4 ± 5.8

24.5 ± 3.2

0.912

Muscle area (mm2)

 Male

166.3 ± 27.5

165.4 ± 27.6

166.7 ± 27.5

0.763

 Female

110.1 ± 16.6

107.7 ± 13.0

110.7 ± 17.5

0.612

Muscle radiodensity (HU)

 Male

43.5 ± 6.0

44.8 ± 4.8

42.9 ± 6.4

0.020

 Female

39.6 ± 5.8

42.0 ± 4.6

39.0 ± 6.0

0.158

SAT area (mm2)

 Male

123.5 ± 45.0

1213 ± 45.3

124.5 ± 49.3

0.664

 Female

167.5 ± 64.5

157.6 ± 80.0

170.0 ± 61.0

0.592

SAT radiodensity (HU)

 Male

−95.8 ± 7.7

−97.7 ± 5.7

−95.0 ± 8.4

0.009

 Female

−99.8 ± 5.4

−101.2 ± 3.9

−99.5 ± 5.7

0.368

VAT area (mm2)

 Male

181.9 ± 66.9

187.9 ± 63.7

179.2 ± 68.4

0.405

 Female

122.8 ± 52.6

105.5 ± 41.8

127.2 ± 54.6

0.248

VAT area /TAT area

 Male

0.589 ± 0.110

0.604 ± 0.088

0.581 ± 0.118

0.187

 Female

0.418 ± 0.091

0.409 ± 0.091

0.421 ± 0.092

0.725

Waist circumference (cm)

 Male

90.1 ± 8.6

89.8 ± 8.4

90.2 ± 8.77

0.766

 Female

83.9 ± 10.4

82.4 ± 7.7

84.3 ± 11.1

0.613

  1. HTGP hypertriglyceridemia-induced pancreatitis, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, TAT total adipose tissue, VAT visceral adipose tissue