Effect of admission hypertriglyceridemia on the episodes of severe acute pancreatitis

Table 1 Clinical features of patients in HTG and control groups

	HTG group (n = 45)	Control group (n = 131)
Sex (Male/Female)	27/18	72/59
Age (mean ± SD, yr)	40.8 ± 9.3 (24-61)a	52.6 ± 13.4 (22-82)
Etiology, n (%)
Overeating and high fat diet	18 (40.0)a	19 (14.5)
Alcohol abuse	21 (46.7)b	31 (23.7)
Gallstones	5 (11.1)b	37 (28.2)
L-Asparaginase chemotherapy	2 (4.4)	0
Pregnancy	6 (13.3)	0
Underlying diseases, n (%)
Hypertension	6 (13.3)	15 (11.5)
Coronary heart disease	3 (6.7)	7 (5.3)
Atherosclerosis	3 (6.7)	9 (6.9)
Familial hyperlipidemia	6 (13.3)	11 (8.4)
Admission biochemical
Serum glucose (mmol/L)	17.7 ± 7.7b	13.4 ± 6.1
Hypoalbuminaemia (%)	38 (84.4)b	79 (60.3)
Hypocalcaemia (%)	39 (86.7)b	83 (63.4)
Hypopotassemia (%)	16 (35.6)	50 (38.2)
Hyponatremia (%)	26 (57.8)	59 (45.0)
Ranson’s score (mean ± SD)	4.7 ± 1.9	4.9 ± 2.0
24-h APACHE II score (mean ± SD)	13.6 ± 5.7b	10.7 ± 4.6
Balthazar’s CT score (mean ± SD)	5.4 ± 2.3	6.3 ± 5.4

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01 vs control group.