Table 3.

Clinical manifestations, functional parameters and imaging characteristics of CP in patients with ACP, ALC or ASA

	ACP (n = 53)	ALC (n = 57)	ASA (n = 30)	P
Pancreatic pain	85%	0%	0%	< 0.001
IDDM	68%	5.3%	0%	< 0.001
NIDDM	5.7%	19.3%	10%	CP vs LC, P = 0.03; CP vs ASA, LC vs ASA, NS
Diarrhoea/steatorrhoea	54.7%	0%	0%	< 0.001
Calcifications	77.4%	0%	0%	< 0.001
Dilatation of pancreatic duct	67.9%	0%	0%	< 0.001
Pancreatic pseudocysts	58.5%	0%	0%	< 0.001

NS: Not significant.