Table 1 Baseline characteristics in patients with acute pancreatitis.

From: Glucose-to-albumin ratio predicts short-term mortality in critically ill patients with acute pancreatitis

Characteristic

Total (N = 459)1

GAR

p-value2

≤ 48.85 (N = 230)1

> 48.85 (N = 229)1

Demographics

 Age (year)

56.6 (17.5)

56.9 (19.0)

56.3 (15.9)

0.715

 Gender

   

0.280

  Female

211 (46.0%)

112 (48.7%)

99 (43.2%)

 

  Male

248 (54.0%)

118 (51.3%)

130 (56.8%)

 

 Race

   

0.286

  Black

30 (6.54%)

13 (5.65%)

17 (7.42%)

 

  White

285 (62.09%)

148 (64.35%)

137 (59.83%)

 

  Other

60 (13.07%)

24 (10.43%)

36 (15.72%)

 

  Unknown

84 (18.30%)

45 (19.57%)

39 (17.03%)

 

 Height (cm)

169.0 (10.1)

168.0 (10.5)

169.8 (9.7)

0.156

 Weight (kg)

87.2 (23.4)

82.6 (22.4)

91.7 (23.6)

< 0.001

 BMI

31.3 (7.7)

29.7 (7.0)

32.7 (8.0)

0.001

 GCS score

12.0 (3.7)

12.2 (3.5)

11.8 (3.9)

0.185

 SIRS score

3.1 (0.8)

3.0 (0.8)

3.2 (0.7)

0.008

Clinical treatments

 Octreotide

34 (7.4%)

16 (7.0%)

18 (7.9%)

0.848

 Vasopressin

94 (20.5%)

32 (13.9%)

62 (27.1%)

< 0.001

 InvasiveVent

230 (50.1%)

100 (43.5%)

130 (56.8%)

0.006

 CRRT

49 (10.7%)

15 (6.5%)

34 (14.8%)

0.006

 RRT

63 (13.7%)

22 (9.6%)

41 (17.9%)

0.014

Acute and chronic complications

 AKI

340 (74.1%)

156 (67.8%)

184 (80.3%)

0.003

 Sepsis

293 (63.8%)

141 (61.3%)

152 (66.4%)

0.301

 Myocardial infarct

40 (8.7%)

21 (9.1%)

19 (8.3%)

0.88

 Congestive heart failure

66 (14.4%)

33 (14.3%)

33 (14.4%)

> 0.999

 Mild liver disease

109 (23.7%)

56 (24.3%)

53 (23.1%)

0.847

 Chronic pulmonary disease

89 (19.4%)

53 (23.0%)

36 (15.7%)

0.062

 Cerebrovascular disease

28 (6.1%)

17 (7.4%)

11 (4.8%)

0.335

 Hypertension

265 (57.7%)

131 (57.0%)

134 (58.5%)

0.808

 Diabetes

140 (30.5%)

38 (16.5%)

102 (44.5%)

< 0.001

Laboratory parameters

 WBC (109 /mL)

15.0 (8.2)

14.0 (8.5)

16.0 (7.8)

0.010

 RBC (1012/mL)

3.9 (0.9)

3.8 (0.8)

4.0 (1.0)

0.015

 Plt (109 /mL)

239.8 (130.6)

227.0 (124.5)

252.7 (135.5)

0.035

 Hb (g/dL)

11.7 (2.6)

11.6 (2.4)

11.9 (2.8)

0.160

 Hct (%) (hematocrit)

35.7 (7.6)

35.0 (7.0)

36.3 (8.2)

0.055

 PT (s)

16.1 (8.5)

15.9 (6.9)

16.2 (9.9)

0.707

 Cr (mg/dL)

1.4 (1.4)

1.3 (1.5)

1.5 (1.4)

0.245

 BUN (mg/dL)

24.1 (20.1)

21.9 (19.8)

26.3 (20.1)

0.018

 Calcium (mg/dL)

7.8 (1.2)

8.0 (1.2)

7.7 (1.2)

0.008

 Potassium (mmol/L)

4.2 (0.9)

4.1 (0.8)

4.3 (1.0)

0.050

 Sodium (mmol/L)

138.2 (6.3)

138.3 (5.6)

138.0 (7.0)

0.633

 ALP (U/mL)

138.3 (133.1)

153.1 (152.4)

124.0 (109.6)

0.021

 ALT (U/mL)

184.9 (665.1)

229.3 (860.8)

141.4 (383.5)

0.167

 AST (U/mL)

304.9 (1,324.6)

364.4 (1,488.8)

247.1 (1,142.7)

0.352

 TB (mg/dL)

2.0 (3.4)

2.2 (3.7)

1.7 (3.0)

0.120

 RDW

14.9 (2.0)

14.8 (1.9)

14.9 (2.2)

0.681

 Anion gap

15.8 (5.4)

15.6 (5.2)

16.0 (5.5)

0.376

 LD (IU/L))

636.0 (1,174.1)

587.7 (1,151.0)

688.9 (1,200.4)

0.446

Clinical outcomes

 LOS Hospital (day)

20.0 (20.8)

18.1 (20.3)

21.9 (21.1)

0.047

 LOS ICU (day)

7.6 (10.1)

6.7 (10.1)

8.5 (10.0)

0.069

 28-day mortality

44 (9.6%)

15 (6.5%)

29 (12.7%)

0.038

  1. 1 Mean (SD); n (%)
  2. 2 Welch Two Sample t-test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test.
  3. BMI, Body Mass Index; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; SIRS, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; CRRT, continuous renal replacement treatment; RRT, Renal Replacement Therapy; AKI, acute kidney injury; WBC, white blood cell count; RBC, red blood cell count; Plt, platelet; Hb, hemoglobin; Hct, hematocrit; PT, prothrombin time; Cr, creatinine; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; TB, total bilirubin; RDW, red blood cell distribution width; LD, lactate dehydrogenase; LOS Hospital, length of hospital stay; LOS ICU, length of ICU stay. Significant values are in bold.