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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2009 Sep;49(3):316–322. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31818d7db3

TABLE 4.

Etiologies by age of presentation

Age group, y 0–2 3–5 6–10 11–15 16–20
No. patients (%) 12 (5.6) 16 (7.4) 39 (18) 52 (24.2) 96 (44.7)
Male (%) 4 (33) 7 (43.7) 12 (30.8) 24 (42.6) 39 (40.6)
Most common etiologies, n (%) Bilary, 4 (33.3) Medication, 7 (44) Idiopathic, 13 (33) Biliary, 23 (44) Biliary, 32 (33)
Systemic, 3 (25) Systemic, 4 (25) Biliary, 10 (26) Medication, 17 (33) Idiopathic, 27 (28)
Trauma, (3) 25 Trauma, (3) 18.8 Medication, (8) 21 Idiopathic, (7) 13 Medication, (21) 22
Inborn error of metabolism, (2) 16.7 Biliary, 2 (12.5) Viral, 7 (18) Metabolic, 6 (12) Systemic, 10 (10)
Medication, (2) 16.7 Metabolic, 2 (12.5) Trauma, 5 (13) Trauma, 3 (6) Trauma, 7 (7)
Viral, 2 (12.5) Systemic, 3 (6) Viral, 6 (6)
Idiopathic, 2 (12.5)