Research Article
Immediate Postoperative Insulin Requirements May Predict Metabolic Outcome after Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation
Table 1
Patient Characteristics,
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| Variable | Median (IQR) or (%) | missing |
| Age | 45 (24-52) | 0 | Sex, female | 8 (61.5%) | 0 | Race, Caucasian | 13 (100%) | 0 | Duration of pancreatitis, years | 5 (4-10) | 0 | Diagnosis/etiology of pancreatitis | | 0 | Idiopathic CP | 6 (46.2%) | | Idiopathic RAP | 3 (23.1%) | | Hereditary (PRSS1) CP | 3 (23.1%) | | CFTR mutation, CP | 1 (7.7%) | | Baseline glucose (pre-stim) | 87 (80-96) | 0 | Baseline insulin (pre-stim) | 7.6 (0.5-10.4) | 2 | Baseline c-peptide (pre-stim) | 1.70 (1.15-2.15) | 3 | Islet yield | | | IEq (1000 s) | 427.6 (185.6-604.8) | 0 | IEq/kg | 4882 (3412-8987) | 0 | 3-day postoperative basal insulin | | | Units/kg | 0.43 (0.29-0.71) | 0 | Total units | 30.4 (18.5-52.1) | 0 | Basal insulin units | | | Discharge | 0 (0-4) | 0 | 3 months postsurgery | 4 (0-7) | 3 | 6 months postsurgery | 5 (0-7) | 4 | 12 months postsurgery | 2.4 (0-9.4) | 5 |
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IQR: interquartile range.
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