Endocrine Abstracts

Background: To predict severe acute pancreatitis (AP) at early stage is important to reduce morbidity and mortality. We aimed to investigate the association between the triglyceride and glucose index (TyG index) and the prognosis of acute pancreatitis.Methods: The TyG index was calculated as the ln[fasting triglycerides (mg/dl) × fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)]/2. Patients were then categorized into low TyG index group (<5) and high TyG index gr...