Table 2 Relationship between the aetiology of chronic pancreatitis and mRNA expression of artemin and GFRα3.

	Normal pancreas (n = 22)	Alcoholic CP (n = 30)	Biliary CP (n = 8)	Idiopathic CP (n = 22)	AIP (n = 6)	p Value
Artemin	14 (11–33)	58 (37–78)	17.5 (8–28)	50.5 (25–69)	53.5 (44–55)	<0.01
GFRα3	27 (14–36)	65 (33–188)	21 (2–40)	64 (25–89)	32 (18–46)	= 0.08

AIP, autoimmune pancreatitis; CP, chronic pancreatitis; GFRα3, glial derived neurotrophic factor family receptor α3.

Values are median (IQR) mRNA transcripts/μl.