Research Article
Endoscopic Ultrasound Findings in Patients Diagnosed with Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency by Low Fecal Elastase-1
Table 2
Diagnostic findings of endoscopic ultrasound in patients with
mcg/g.
| | Fecal elastase-1 levels | | Overall | Severe EPI (<100 mcg/g) | Moderate EPI (100-200 mcg/g) | value |
| Chronic pancreatitis | | | | | Definite | 72.5% (29/40) | 81.0% (17/21) | 63.2% (12/19) | 0.21 | Indeterminate | 17.5% (7/40) | 9.5% (2/21) | 26.3% (5/19) | 0.16 | Fatty pancreas | 22.5% (9/40) | 19.0% (4/21) | 26.3% (5/19) | 0.30 | Pancreatic mass | 15.0% (6/40) | 19.0% (4/21) | 10.5% (2/19) | 0.45 | Pancreatic cystic lesion | 7.5% (3/40) | 4.8% (1/21) | 10.5% (2/19) | 0.49 |
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