Clinical Study
Beneficial Effect of Low-Fat Elemental Diet Therapy on Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis
Table 2
Characteristics of analyzed patients.
| | | All patients () |
| | Gender | | | Male | 4 (24%) | | Female | 13 (76%) | | Age (mean ± SD) | 49.8 ± 11.7 | | Smokers | 3 (18%) | | Etiology | | | Nonalcoholic | 13 (76%) | | Alcoholic CP | 4 (24%) | | Diagnosis by Japanese diagnostic criteria | | | Definitive CP | 2 (12%) | | Possible CP | 15 (88%) | | Medication | | | Acid suppression agents | 13 (76%) | | Pancreatic enzymes | 10 (59%) | | Protease inhibitors | 9 (53%) | | Analgesics | 3 (18%) | | Diabetes | 1 (6%) | | Dosage amount of Elental per day | | | 80 g | 10 (59%) | | 160 g | 3 (18%) | | 240 g | 4 (23%) |
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