Impact of alanyl-glutamine dipeptide on severe acute pancreatitis in early stage

Table 3 Fifteen-day APACHE II score, hospital stay (d), infection, operation and mortality in the two groups

Prognosis	Late treatment group (n = 38)	Early treatment group (n = 38)
15-d APACHE II score (mean ± SD)	8.6 ± 3.6	5.0 ± 2.4b
Hospital stay (d, mean ± SD)	45.2 ± 27.1	28.8 ± 9.4b
Infection, n (%)	10 (26.3)	3 (7.9)a
Operation, n (%)	13 (34.2)	5 (13.2)a
Deaths, n (%)	8 (21.1)	2 (5.3)a

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01.