Number of recurrences is significantly associated with the post-acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus in a population with hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population during hospitalization

	OAP (n = 41)	RAP (n = 60)	t/Z/χ²-value	p-value
Severity of first-time AP			0.876	0.740
MAP	32 (78.0%)	46 (82.1%)
MSAP	6 (14.6%)	5 (8.9%)
SAP	3 (7.3%)	5 (8.9%)
Previous medical history
Diabetes	1 (2.4%)	12 (20.0%)	6.698	0.010
Hypertension	11 (26.8%)	10 (16.7%)	1.527	0.217
Fatty liver	25 (61.0%)	40 (66.7%)	0.344	0.558
WBC (10⁹/L)	13.32 (11.06,15.08)	12.11 (10.23,15.23)	0.996	0.319
CRP (mg/L)	27.19 (10.37,122.78)	50.31 (14.29,87.06)	0.923	0.356
ALT (U/L)	38.00 (29.00,50.50)	37.00 (23.00,48.00)	0.536	0.592
AST (U/L)	28.00 (21.00,42.00)	28.00 (21.00,70.00)	0.873	0.383
GGT (U/L)	69.00 (41.00,116.50)	62.00 (43.00,109.00)	0.224	0.823
BUN (mmol/L)	4.75 (3.96,5.57)	4.81 (3.69,5.64)	0.343	0.731
UA (umol/L)	359.20 (282.50,457.70)	351.95 (278.63,450.84)	0.084	0.933
Creatinine (umol/L)	58.30 (50.00,68.00)	58.00 (47.00,71.10)	0.196	0.844
Glucose (mmol/L)	7.00 (5.96,10.31)	7.71 (5.88,11.78)	0.849	0.396
HbA1c (%)	6.60 (5.80,9.00)	7.10 (6.20,9.00)	1.019	0.308
TC (mmol/L)	6.93 (5.44,9.71)	6.62 (5.04,9.25)	1.219	0.223
TG (mmol/L)	10.31 (5.84,28.61)	10.76 (3.64,21.04)	0.561	0.575
HDL (mmol/L)	0.97 (0.70,1.27)	0.89 (0.73,1.13)	0.287	0.774
LDL (mmol/L)	1.91 (1.46,2.57)	1.66 (1.07,2.54)	0.929	0.353

RAP Recurrent acute pancreatitis, OAP One episode of AP, MAP Mild acute pancreatitis, MSAP Moderate severe acute pancreatitis, SAP Severe acute pancreatitis, WBC White blood cells, CRP C-reactive protein, ALT Alanine transaminase, AST Aspartate transaminase, GGT Gamma-glutamyltransferase, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, UA Uric acid, HbA1c Hemoglobin A1c, TC Total cholesterolemia, TG Total Triglyceride, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein

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