Table 2 Association between heparin use and clinic outcomes in patients with acute pancreatitis.

From: Effect of early prophylactic heparin use on prognosis in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis: a retrospective cohort study

Outcome

Original cohort

Matched cohort

No heparin (n = 320)

Early heparin (n = 532)

HR (95% CI)

P-value

No heparin (n = 273)

Early heparin (n = 273)

HR (95% CI)

P-value

Primary outcome

 28-day mortality, n (%)

52 (16.25%)

55 (10.34%)

0.62 (0.42–0.90)

0.022

40 (14.65%)

25 (9.16%)

0.61 (0.37–0.99)

0.044

Secondary outcomes

 180-day mortality, n (%)

88 (27.50%)

98 (18.4%)

0.64 (0.48–0.85)

0.002

70 (25.64)

46 (16.85%)

0.62 (0.44–0.89)

0.009

 In-hospital mortality, n (%)

53 (16.56%)

55 (10.34%)

0.60 (0.41–0.88)

0.009

41 (15.02%)

25 (9.16%)

0.59 (0.36–0.96)

0.034

 Length of hospital stay, median (IQR)

13.62 (7.35, 24.72)

11.41 (6.61, 22.10)

 

0.060

13.07 (7.09, 22.71)

11.55 (6.78, 22.63)

 

0.395

 Length of ICU stay, median (IQR)

2.92 (1.70, 6.61)

3.11 (1.83, 7.65)

 

0.150

2.78 (1.70, 6.50)

3.04 (1.82, 7.00)

 

0.415