Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of 225 patients
Indicators | Pathology of the pancreas | χ2/P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chronic pancreatitis with pseudocyst of the pancreas (n = 71) | Chronic pancreatitis with inflammatory mass in the head of the pancreas (n = 86) | Cancer of the head of the pancreas (n = 68) | ||
Age (years), median (IQR) | 55 [41–71] | 56 [44–78] | 59 [49–73] | 1.376/0.503 |
Sex | 12.469/0.014 | |||
 Male (%)/ | 60 (84.5%)/11 | 78 (90.7%)/8 | 47 (69.1%)/21 |  |
 female (%) | (15.5%) | (9.3%) | (30.9%) |  |
BMI кg/м2, median (IQR) | 26 [21–32] | 22 [21–29] | 21 [16–28] | 1.179/0.555 |
Diabetes mellitus | 12 (6.9%) | 38 (44.2) | 15 (22.1%) | 8.752/0.013 |
White blood cell count, × 103, (%) | 7 [5.5–14.5] | 6 [4–14] | 6 [3.3–12] | 0.369/0.832 |
Total neutrophil count (%) | 58 [47–93] | 67 [48–91] | 66 [47–88] | 0.927/0.629 |
Total lymphocyte count (%) | 28 [9–37] | 30 [8–36] | 15 [5–33] | 2.736/0.255 |
Preoperative serum albumin (g/L) | 25 [22.2–33.6] | 24 [18.8–37.5] | 23 [21.4–33.8] | 0.576/0.750 |
Preoperative C-reactive protein (mg/l) | 45 [31.2–90.8] | 38 [30.4–68.2] | 54 [32.1–99.8] | 4.913∕0.086 |
Preoperative bilirubin (mmol/L) | 16 [2.3–33.4] | 14 [5.2–56.8] | 172 [18.9–455.7] | 130.817/0.000 |
Preoperative biliary drainage |  −  |  −  | 41 (60.3%) | NA |
Preoperative cysts drainage | 12 (16.9%) |  −  |  −  | NA |
Preoperative nutritional support | 6 (8.5%) | 18 (20.9%) | 31 (45.6%) | 15.752/0.000 |