Clinical Study
Utility and Safety of ERCP in the Elderly: A Comparative Study in Iran
Table 3
Pre-ERCP laboratory parameters in the group aged less than 70 years in comparison with the elderly.
| | Laboratory parameters | Group < 70 years old () | Group ≥ 70 years old () | value |
| | Hemoglobin | 12.0 ± 1.8 | 11.6 ± 1.7 | 0.030 | | Albumin | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 3.7 ± 0.6 | <0.001 | | ESR | 31.7 ± 18.4 | 32.1 ± 18.7 | 0.776 | | AST | 85.5 ± 95.1 | 86.3 ± 80.6 | 0.907 | | ALT | 103.5 ± 114.5 | 125.9 ± 330.7 | 0.338 | | ALP | 784.1 ± 750.1 | 919.0 ± 888.9 | 0.038 | | Lactate dehydrogenase | 472.3 ± 361.0 | 444.7 ± 225.6 | 0.364 | | Total bilirubin | 6.4 ± 8.8 | 6.5 ± 9.0 | 0.815 | | Direct bilirubin | 3.5 ± 5.1 | 3.7 ± 5.3 | 0.640 | | Serum baseline amylase | 160.1 ± 345.5 | 190.1 ± 365.2 | 0.402 |
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Data are presented as mean ± SD.
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