Research Article

Blood Urea Nitrogen as a Prognostic Marker in Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Table 5

Balance the factors for propensity score matching.

VariableBefore propensity score matchingAfter propensity score matching value
Survival ()Mortality () valueSurvival ()Mortality ()

Age, yr, 0.0230.642
 ≤50124 (62.6)23 (45.1)17 (45.9)19 (51.4)
 >5074 (37.4)28 (54.9)20 (54.1)18 (48.6)
Alcohol, yes, 69 (34.8)9 (17.6)0.0207 (18.9)8 (21.6)1.000
APACHE II, 0.0001.000
 ≤886 (43.4)3 (5.9)3 (8.1)3 (8.1)
 >8112 (56.6)48 (94.1)34 (91.9)34 (91.9)
mMarshall score, 0.0000.787
 ≤3153 (77.3)19 (37.3)10 (27.0)8 (21.6)
 >345 (22.7)32 (62.7)27 (73.0)29 (78.4)
ALB, g/L, 0.0000.809
 ≤29.487 (43.9)38 (74.5)23 (62.2)24 (64.9)
 >29.4111 (56.1)13 (25.5)14 (37.8)13 (35.1)
Procalcitonin, ng/mL, 0.0001.000
 ≤2.22116 (58.6)9 (7.2)10 (27.0)9 (24.3)
 >2.2282 (41.4)42 (82.4)27 (73.0)28 (75.7)

mMarshall score: modified Marshall score; APACHE II score: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; ALB: albumin.