Research Article
Platelet Distribution Width Levels Can Be a Predictor in the Diagnosis of Persistent Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis
Table 1
Basic characteristic of AP patients according to PDW level (cut-off: 16.45%).
| | PDW ≤ 16.45% | PDW > 16.45% | value |
| Number | 85 | 50 | | Age, years | 49.09 ± 13.53 | 48.28 ± 16.46 | 0.756 | Male gender | 36 (42.3%) | 33 (66.0%) | 0.008 | Daily drinker | 30 (35.3%) | 22 (44.0%) | 0.319 | Smoke | 33 (38.3%) | 25 (50.0%) | 0.208 | Etiology | | | 0.001 | Biliary | 55 (64.7%) | 17 (34.0%) | | Alcohol | 15 (17.6%) | 16 (32.0%) | | Hyperlipidemia | 12 (14.1%) | 12 (24.0%) | | Idiopathic | 3 (3.5%) | 5 (10.0%) | | Outcomes | | | | PNec | 20 (23.5%) | 26 (52.0%) | 0.001 | POF | 4 (4.7%) | 26 (52.0%) | <0.001 | In-hospital mortality | 4 (4.7%) | 7 (14.0%) | <0.001 |
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AP: acute pancreatitis; PDW: platelet distribution width; PNec: pancreatic necrosis; POF: persistent organ failure.
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