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This study aims to analyze the clinical characteristics of GIAI patients with AC and explore the related risk factors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Clinical data of adult GIAI patients treated at our hospital between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2023 were included. The demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, laboratory tests and comorbidities of the patients were collected. Univariate and multivariate regression analyses were used to explore the variables related to the occurrence of AC, and prediction models were constructed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>51 patients (13.75%) developed AC during hospitalization. Mortality was significantly higher in patients with AC than in those without AC. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that infection, psychiatric symptoms, serum sodium, albumin, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and eosinophil-lymphocyte ratio (ELR) were independent risk factors for AC. Among the prediction models constructed by machine learning algorithms, logistic regression model had the best prediction effect.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study investigated the clinical characteristics of AC in GIAI patients. NLR and ELR may be effective predictors of AC in GIAI patients, and combined with other clinically significant indicators, an effective prediction model was constructed. 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