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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

From: External application of mirabilite before surgery can reduce the inflammatory response and accelerate recovery in mild acute biliary pancreatitis

Characteristics

Mirabilite group

(n = 38)

Control group

(n = 37)

P value

Male, N(%)

15(39.47%)

16(40.54%)

0.740a

Age in years, M(SD)

45.24(11.51)

48.38(10.75)

0.226b

BMI, kg/m2, M(SD)

22.25(1.60)

21.99(1.57)

0.474b

Hypertension, N(%)

9(23.68%)

10(27.03%)

0.739a

Diabetes, N(%)

6(18.75%)

7(18.92%)

0.720a

Smoking, N(%)

5(13.16%)

3(8.11%)

0.711a

Alcohol drinking, N(%)

7(18.42%)

5(13.51%)

0.562a

AMY, U/L, M(SD)

312.00(104.00)

325.76(117.48)

0.593b

LPS, U/L, M(SD)

226.26(73.44)

222.08(63.57)

0.793b

ALT, U/L, median (IQR)

125,50(101.50,150.50)

121.00(94.00,144.00)

0.626c

AST, U/L, median (IQR)

105.50(84.5,120.25)

98.00(81.00,117.50)

0.711c

GGT, U/L, M(SD)

142.21(47.52)

125.35(30.00)

0.070b

TBIL, U/L, M(SD)

45.63(12.31)

42.07(9.84)

0.172b

ALB, g/L

37.20(36.05,41.00)

37.80(35.80,40.60)

0.699c

Duration of symptoms before admission, hours, M(SD)

5.41(2.28)

5.35(1.96)

0.909b

  1. BMI Body mass index, HR(S) Hours, AMY Blood amylase, LPS Blood lipase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, GGT Serum Gamma glutamyltransferase, TBIL Serum total bilirubin, ALB Serum albumin
  2. aUsed the chi-squared test
  3. bUsed the Independent-samples T test
  4. cUsed the Mann-Whitney U test