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Background/Aims: Obesity is considered a risk factor in patients with acute pancreatitis. However, the relationship between obesity and mortality in this disease has not been confirmed definitively even in a previous meta-analysis. Since the publication of our previous meta-analysis, one study has been reported about the prognostic value of obesity in acute pancreatitis. We have performed a new meta-analysis...
Background/Aims: Obesity has been associated with a worse prognosis in acute pancreatitis. According to some authors, obesity favours the development of local complications, while according to other reports obese patients presented more frequently systemic complications. Few studies find a relationship between obesity and mortality in acute pancreatitis. We conducted a meta-analysis of several reports...
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