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

Table 3 Comparison of serum indicators among the groups

Groups	Cases	CRP (mg/L)		PCT (ng/mL)		TNF-α (pg/L)		IL-6 (ng/L)		IL-8 (ng/L)		SAA (mg/L)
		Preoperative	Postoperative 3 d	Preoperative	Postoperative 3 d	Preoperative	Postoperative 3 d	Preoperative	Postoperative 3 d	Preoperative	Postoperative 3 d	Preoperative	Postoperative 3 d
Group A	89	130.87 ± 32.21	55.41 ± 19.32	9.95 ± 2.94	1.36 ± 0.51	35.46 ± 10.41	15.12 ± 6.63	550.45 ± 80.24	332.14 ± 90.16	630.51 ± 77.16	415.54 ± 68.43	557.97 ± 82.40	270.06 ± 78.49
Group B	55	128.87 ± 30.41	82.25 ± 20.41a	10.10 ± 2.73	3.20 ± 0.97a	37.80 ± 11.32	22.26 ± 9.96a	542.91 ± 84.08	412.20 ± 88.50a	634.42 ± 78.20	505.80 ± 66.90a	560.43 ± 80.16	344.41 ± 81.96a
Group C	40	128.10 ± 31.14	88.65 ± 19.14a	10.03 ± 2.85	3.41 ± 0.98a	37.15 ± 11.08	23.39 ± 9.12a	548.84 ± 81.95	420.08 ± 87.65a	629.95 ± 75.43	510.43 ± 68.23a	554.18 ± 79.67	350.60 ± 80.42a
F value		0.132	53.331	0.048	139.963	0.877	19.559	2.433	20.196	0.055	42.384	0.069	21.354
P value		0.877	< 0.001	0.953	< 0.001	0.418	< 0.001	0.091	< 0.001	0.947	< 0.001	0.934	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 vs group A.

CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: Procalcitonin; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha; SAA: Serum amyloid A; IL-8: Interleukin-8; IL-6: Interleukin-6.