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SUBMITTER: Xie J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6567912 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Jiarong J Xu Lu L Pan Yuning Y Li Peifei P Liu Yi Y Pan Yue Y Xu Lei L
BMC gastroenterology 20190613 1
<h4>Background</h4>The relationship between visceral adiposity and acute pancreatitis (AP) has not been completely elucidated. This study evaluated the significance of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and the ratio of VAT to skeletal muscle tissue (VAT/SMT) in the prognosis of AP patients.<h4>Methods</h4>Based on a 1:2 propensity score matching, 306 hospitalized patients were enrolled in the study analysis from 2010 to 2017. VAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), and SMT were measured using unenha ...[more]