Evidence of Stem Cells Mobilization in the Blood of Patients with Pancreatitis: A Potential Link with Disease Severity

Table 2

General and clinical characteristics of the patients enrolled in the study.

	CG	AP	Mild AP	Moderate/severe AP	CP
Number of patients	26	26	15	11	26
Sex, M/F	17/9	16/10	10/5	6/5	22/4
Age, years	49 (40-54.5)	46 (37.8-56.3)	46 (38-56)	48 (35-57)	49.5 (41-62)
BMI, kg/m^2	24.9 (22.8-27.6)	25.9 (22.1-29.7)	25.8 (22.6-29.5)	25.9 (21.1-30.1)	22.7 (19.3-26)
WBC	6.55 (5.5-8.0)	10.8 (6.4-13.3)	9.42 (5.9-11.9)	12.9 (10.2-14.2)	7.4 (6.8-8.8)

AP: acute pancreatitis; BMI: body mass index; CP: chronic pancreatitis; CG: control group; WBC: white blood cells. Values are given as or median (Q1-Q3). vs. healthy controls.