Implementation of the Asia-Pacific Guidelines of Obesity Classification on the APACHE-O Scoring System and Its Role in the Prediction of Outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis: A Study from India

We studied the role of obesity and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) O score in predicting the outcome in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) using the Asia-Pacific obesity classification. Two hundred eighty AP patients were classified into three different groups, normal weight [body mass index (BMI) = 18.5–22.9 kg/m2], overweight (BMI = 23–24.9 kg/m2) and obese (BMI > 25 kg/m2), according to the Asia-Pacific obesity...