Safety of immediate endoscopic sphincterotomy in acute suppurative cholangitis caused by choledocholithiasis

Table 2 Demographic data of patients before endoscopic sphincterotomy

	Immediate EST group	Elective EST group	P value
WBC	10959 ± 5857	6521 ± 2274	0.0002
Plt	20.4 ± 8.0	32.6 ± 42.2	0.03
PT (%)	86.7 ± 15.8	82.9 ± 14.1	0.23
CRP	5.32 ± 5.59	1.82 ± 1.65	0.0017
T-Bil	4.09 ± 2.8	1.4 ± 1.0	< 0.0001
AST	253.3 ± 215.2	50.6 ± 53.5	< 0.0001
ALT	243.5 ± 182	66.9 ± 55.3	< 0.0001
γGTP	458.6 ± 326.7	254.3 ± 230.3	< 0.0001
ALP	760.1 ± 404.9	494.5 ± 241.7	< 0.0001

CRP: C-reactive protein; EST: Endoscopic sphincterotomy; WBC: White blood cells; Plt: Blood platelet; T-Bil: Serum total bilirubin; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; ALP: Alkalinephosphatase; γGTP: Serum gamma gamma glutamyl transpeptidase.