Different timing for abdominal paracentesis catheter placement and drainage in severe acute pancreatitis complicated by intra-abdominal fluid accumulation

Table 1 Comparison of general clinical data among the groups of patients

Groups	Cases	Gender		Age (yr)	APACHE II score at admission (points)	Etiology
		Male	Female			Alcoholic	Biliary diseases	Hyperlipidemia
Group A	89	55 (61.80)	34 (38.20)	60.58 ± 8.84	15.65 ± 2.15	29 (32.58)	38 (42.70)	22 (24.72)
Group B	55	30 (54.55)	25 (45.45)	59.87 ± 9.22	15.90 ± 2.09	18 (32.73)	22 (40.00)	15 (27.27)
Group C	40	24 (60.00)	16 (40.00)	61.15 ± 9.03	15.43 ± 2.11	12 (30.00)	18 (45.00)	10 (25.00)
F/χ2		0.753		0.243	0.581	0.301
P value		0.686		0.785	0.560	0.990

APACHE: Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.