Serum Creatinine Level and APACHE-II Score within 24 h of Admission Are Effective for Predicting Persistent Organ Failure in Acute Pancreatitis

Table 1

Population baseline characteristics between AP patients within 24 h of admission vs. those over 24 h.

Variable	AP within 24 h	AP over 24 h
	Median age (years) (IQR)	51 (40-63)		51 (40-63)	0.957
Sex, (%)			<0.001
Male	1207 (58)	2025 (52)
Female	883 (42)	1909 (48)
Pancreatitis etiology, (%)
Biliary	1173 (56)	2466 (63)	<0.001
Alcoholism	130 (6)	248 (6)	0.911
Hypertriglyceridemia	531 (25)	656 (17)	<0.001
Idiopathic	185 (9)	398 (10)	0.114
Comorbidities, (%)
Posthypertriglyceridemia	195 (9)	196 (5)	<0.001
Diabetes mellitus	166 (8)	253 (6)	0.028
Pancreatic necrosis	352 (17)	834 (21)	<0.001
Severity classification, (%)
MAP	970 (46)	1701 (43)	0.017
MSAP	806 (39)	1574 (40)	0.275
SAP	314 (15)	659 (17)	0.083
Hospital LOS (days) (IQR)	8 (6-12)	9 (6-13)	0.001
Mortality (%)	1.0	1.4	<0.001

AP, acute pancreatitis; , number; IQR, interquartile range.