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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