Platelet Distribution Width Levels Can Be a Predictor in the Diagnosis of Persistent Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis

Table 3

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with and without POF.

	All patients	Non-POF	POF	value
Number	135	105	30
Age, years	48.55 ± 14.83	49.4 ± 14.01	46.7 ± 16.70	0.369
Male gender	69 (51.1%)	54 (51.4%)	15 (50.0%)	0.891
Daily drinker	52 (38.5%)	39 (37.1%)	13 (43.3%)	0.542
Current smoker	58 (43.0%)	45 (42.9%)	13 (43.3%)	0.963
Etiology				0.121
Biliary	72 (53.3%)	62 (59.0%)	10 (33.3%)
Alcohol	31 (29.5%)	20 (19.0%)	11 (36.7%)
Hyperlipidemia	24 (22.9%)	16 (15.2%)	8 (26.7%)
Idiopathic	8 (5.9%)	7 (6.7%)	1 (3.3%)

POF: persistent organ failure.