Intestinal bacterial overgrowth in the early stage of severe acute pancreatitis is associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Table 3 Correlation between the mild acute pancreatitis and moderately severe acute pancreatitis groups inflammation indicators and acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

Variable	Time	MAP group	MSAP group	P value
IL-6	On admission	118.62 ± 137.66	98.36 ± 106.36	0.306
PCT	On admission	0.46 ± 1.29	0.46 ± 0.74	0.683
	72 h	0.35 ± 0.57	0.39 ± 0.49
	96 h	0.54 ± 2.51	0.19 ± 0.12

MAP: Mild acute pancreatitis; MSAP: Moderately severe acute pancreatitis; IL: Interleukin; PCT: Procalcitonin.