CRP and acute pancreatitis: A meta-analysis of 30 studies [12], encompassing data from 5988 cases of acute pancreatitis, reported pooled area under the curve (AUC) values for mortality prediction, as follows: 0.91 (CI 0.88–0.93) for APACHE II, 0.87 (CI 0.83–0.90) for BISAP, 0.79 (CI 0.73–0.86) for CTSI, 0.80 (CI 0.72–0.89) for mCTSI, 0.87 (CI 0.81–0.92) for the Ranson score, and 0.73 (CI 0.66–0.81) for CRP.