Association of elevated serum triglyceride levels with a more severe course of acute pancreatitis: Cohort analysis of 1457 patients.
Pancreatology
; 19(5): 623-629, 2019 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Previous publications have reported an association between hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) and severity of acute pancreatitis, but this relationship remains somewhat controversial.OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the outcome of acute pancreatitis according to serum triglyceride levels on admission.METHODS:
Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data, which included all consecutive cases of acute pancreatitis admitted to a tertiary hospital (January 2002-December 2014). Acute pancreatitis patients were classified into 3 groups based on serum triglyceride levels (mg/dl) measured within 48â¯h from admission normal triglycerides-mild HTG (<200); moderate HTG (200-749); severe HTG (≥750). Primary outcomes were the difference in organ failure, pancreatic necrosis, acute peripancreatic collections and mortality among the three groups.RESULTS:
A total of 1,457 cases were included 1,335 with normal-mild HTG, 77 with moderate HTG and 45 with severe HTG. The rates of organ failure (11.2% in normal-mild HTG group, 15.6% in moderate HTG and 20.0% in severe HTG), persistent multiple organ failure (2.5% vs. 5.2% vs. 6.7%), pancreatic necrosis (9.2% vs. 14.3% vs. 26.7%) and acute collections (21.6% vs. 40.3% vs. 55.6%) increased significantly with hypertriglyceridemia severity grades. On multivariate analysis, triglycerides as a quantitative variable, evaluated in increments of 100â¯mg/dl, was independently associated with organ failure, pancreatic necrosis, acute collections and mortality (pâ¯<â¯0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
Elevated serum triglyceride levels are independently associated with a more severe course of pancreatitis. It must be highlighted the elevated frequency of local complications in patients with HTG that increases proportionally and significantly with HTG severity grades.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Pancreatitis
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Hipertrigliceridemia
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pancreatology
Asunto de la revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
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GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article