Ansa pancreatica as a predisposing factor for recurrent acute pancreatitis

Table 6 Comparison of the characteristics of patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis and the community group

	Community group (n = 587)	Patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis (n = 18)	P value	OR (95%CI)
Age (yr)	56.8 ± 10.4	46.1 ± 14.4	0.000112
Female	250 (43)	9 (50)	0.633
Brinkman index (cigarettes/d × years)	244 ± 408	103.1 ± 174	0.0191
Alcohol intake (kg/yr)	5.8 ± 7.8	1.06 ± 2.0	< 0.000112
Clinical history
Diabetes mellitus	30 (5)	1 (6)	13
Hypertension	109 (19)	3 (17)	13
Hyperlipidemia	67 (11)	5 (28)	0.0513
Any malignant neoplasm	45 (8)	0 (0)	0.393
Autoimmune disease	14 (2)	4 (22)	0.001023	11.6 (2.46-43.7)

Values are presented as the n (%) or mean ± SD.

¹Welch’s t test;

²Statistically significant after family-wise correction;

³Fisher’s exact test.