Editorial
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2015.
World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2015; 21(24): 7367-7374
Published online Jun 28, 2015. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i24.7367
Table 1 Mortality of acute pancreatitis in patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus and those without diabetes mellitus
Ref.CountryDiagnosis of DMPrevalence of DMMortality of AP with DMMortality of AP without DMMortality of AP with DM compared to AP without DM
Graham et al[26], (2010)United StatesTwo patients databasesUndescribedUndescribedUndescribedLower
Shen et al[27], (2012)TaiwanThe Taiwan National Insurance Research DatabeseCase-control study3.5%4.1%Lower
Zhao et al[33], (2012)ChinaHistory or HbA1c12.6% (40/318)15.0%1.1%Higher
Kikuta et al, (present study)JapanQuestionnaire12.8% (250/1954)4.0%1.7%Higher
Table 2 Characteristics of the study population n (%)
Total AP patientsAP patients with DMAP patients without DMP value
Patients, n19542501704
Sex
Male1289 (66.0)185 (74.0)1104 (64.8)0.004
Female665 (34.0)65 (26.0)600 (35.2)
Age, yr, mean ± SD59.3 ± 18.060.3 ± 16.659.1 ± 18.20.319
Etiology
Alcoholic621 (31.8)97 (38.8)524 (30.8)0.107
Biliary482 (24.7)52 (20.8)430 (25.2)
Idiopathic319 (16.3)34 (13.6)285 (16.7)
Miscellaneous482 (24.7)60 (24.0)422 (24.8)
Undescribed50 (2.6)7 (2.8)43 (2.5)
BMI, mean ± SD22.5 ± 4.023.5 ± 4.222.3 ± 4.0< 0.001
Triglyceride, mg/dL,
median (1st, 3rd quartile)97 (64, 170.5)137 (79.5, 526)94 (63, 157.75)0.004
Table 3 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with acute pancreatitis stratified by age
AgeGeneral population (MHLW 2007)All AP patientsAlcoholic APBiliary APIdiopathic AP
Total10.5%12.8%b15.6%d10.8%10.7%
(420/4003)(250/1954)(97/621)(52/482)(34/319)
< 19Not available5.3%0%No patients16.7%
(1/19)(0/1)(1/6)
20-290.5%9.3%d11.9%d0%3.4%
(1/204)(9/97)(5/42)(0/4)(1/29)
30-391.4%12.0%d13.0%d0%13.8%c
(8/589)(25/208)(15/115)(0/18)(4/29)
40-494.7%12.8%d12.8%d14.3%a16.7%a
(26/557)(34/265)(21/164)(4/28)(4/24)
50-598.0%12.2%a13.9%a7.8%15.6%
(57/711)(41/336)(21/151)(5/64)(5/32)
60-6917.7%14.8%22.6%13.0%13.5%
(165/934)(50/338)(19/84)(13/100)(7/52)
> 7016.2%13.3%29.1%a11.2%8.5%a
(163/1008)(87/652)(16/55)(29/259)(12/141)
Uncertain ageNo patients7.7%0%11.1%0%
(3/39)(0/9)(1/9)(0/6)
Table 4 Mortality of the acute pancreatitis patients stratified by age, etiology and diabetes mellitus
AP patients with DMAP patients without DMP value
Total AP patients4.0% (9/226)1.7% (27/1587)0.036
< 190% (0/1)0% (0/17)> 0.999
20-290% (0/8)0% (0/82)> 0.999
30-390% (0/25)1.2% (2/173)> 0.999
40-490% (0/34)0.5% (1/217)> 0.999
50-590% (0/41)1.1% (3/277)> 0.999
60-694.9% (2/41)1.8% (5/271)0.231
> 709.5% (7/74)3.1% (16/516)0.017
Uncertain age0% (0/2)0% (0/34)> 0.999
Alcoholic AP1.1% (1/92)1.2% (6/489)> 0.999
< 19No patients0% (0/1)Not determined
20-290% (0/4)0% (0/34)> 0.999
30-390% (0/15)1.1% (1/93)> 0.999
40-490% (0/21)0.7% (1/134)> 0.999
50-590% (0/21)0.8% (1/120)> 0.999
60-690% (0/16)4.9% (3/61)> 0.999
> 706.7% (1/15)0% (0/38)0.283
Uncertain ageNo patients0% (0/8)Not determined
Biliary AP2.3% (1/44)1.0% (4/409)0.402
< 19No patientsNo patientsNot determined
20-29No patients0% (0/4)Not determined
30-39No patients0% (0/17)Not determined
40-490% (0/4)0% (0/23)> 0.999
50-590% (0/5)1.8% (1/57)> 0.999
60-690% (0/11)0% (0/86)> 0.999
> 704.3% (1/23)1.4% (3/214)0.337
Uncertain age0% (0/1)0% (0/8)> 0.999
Idiopathic AP9.7% (3/31)2.7% (7/261)0.078
< 190% (0/1)0% (0/4)> 0.999
20-290% (0/1)0% (0/26)> 0.999
30-390% (0/4)0% (0/24)> 0.999
40-490% (0/4)0% (0/20)> 0.999
50-590% (0/5)0% (0/27)> 0.999
60-6916.7% (1/6)2.6% (1/39)0.252
> 7020.0% (2/10)5.2% (6/115)0.125
Uncertain ageNo patients0% (0/6)Not determined
Table 5 Multivariate analyses of risk factors of mortality
VariableUnivariate
Multivariate
OR95%CIP valueAdjusted OR95%CIP value
Age (yr)1.051.02-1.07< 0.0011.051.02-1.07< 0.001
DM (present/absent)2.401.05-4.970.0382.501.09-5.240.032
BMI (kg/m2)0.980.88-1.080.672
TG (mg/dL)1.000.98-1.000.712