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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