International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis: Disease Characteristics and Patterns of Recurrence

Table 1

Comparison of demographics and disease characteristics between the operative versus non-operative groups.
 Operative group ( )Non-operative group ( ) value
Mean age 56.9860.550.406 (NS)
Gender    
 Male 19 12 0.995 (NS)
 Female 3019
Race    
 Chinese 29 19 0.425 (NS)
 Non-Chinese 20 12
 Malay 14 8
 Vietnamese 4 0
 Burmese 1 1
 Filipino 1 1
 Bangladeshi 02
Comorbidities
(DM, HTN, IHD, hyperlipidemia, or CVA) 		   
 ≥3 comorbidities 13 7 0.691
 <3 comorbidities 36 24
 Bedbound 0 5 0.007 (Fisher)
 Non-bedbound4926
Biochemical characteristics    
 Albumin (mean) 31.90 32.48 0.646 (NS)
 Bilirubin (mean)58.7172.370.296 (NS)
Disease characteristics    
 Unilateral 34 16 0.110 (NS)
 Bilateral 15 15
 Simple 37 26 0.149 (NS)
 Complex12 5
 Stricture   
  No 36 22 0.807 (NS)
  Yes 13 9
 Ectasia   
  No 28 22 0.213 (NS)
  Yes
21 9
 Liver atrophy    
  No 30 27 0.021
  Yes194
 Liver abscess    
  No 37 29 0.067
  Yes12 2