Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Acinar injury and early cytokine response in human acute biliary pancreatitis

Parameter

Value (N = 45)

Age in years (Mean ± SD)

40.5 ± 17.6

Male gender (n; %)

34 (75.6)

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) at admission (n; %)

17 (37.8)

Severity

Mild (n; %)

17 (37.8)

Moderately severe (n; %)

13 (28.9)

Severe (n; %)

15 (33.3)

Renal failure (n; %)

11 (24.4)

Circulatory failure (n; %)

2 (4.4)

Respiratory failure (n; %)

8 (17.8)

In-hospital mortality (n; %)

2 (4.4)