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Quality of life, pain scores and analgesic usage in disease duration-matched patients with chronic pancreatitis
| CP patients on Antox (n = 28) | CP patients NOT on Antox (n = 28) | P-value | |
| Median visual analogue pain scores (range 0-10) | 3 (0-8) | 6 (0-8) | < 0.01 (Mann-Whitney U-test) |
| Patients taking analgesics | 16 | 26 | < 0.01 |
| Patients taking opiate analgesics | 11 | 23 | < 0.01 |
| Diabetes | 10 (36%) | 11 (39%) | 0.80 |
| Pancreatic exocrine supplements | 14 (50%) | 16 (57%) | 0.60 |
CP: Chronic pancreatitis.
