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Table 4.

Prevalence of pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patients with chronic pancreatitis

Reference	Country	Study Type	Method of diagnosis	Patient population	Period	Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency
Lott, 1997⁵⁵	USA	Review			1958–1995	30% in mild and 85% in severe chronic pancreatitis
Dumasy et al., 2004⁵¹	Belgium	Cross-sectional, hospital	Clinical steatorrhoea	60 patients with pancreatitis 944 alcoholic, 16 idiopathic	NR	63% within 5 years, 94% after 10 years
Eddes et al., 1999⁵⁶	Netherlands	Cross-sectional, hospital	Clinical symptoms (weight loss, steatorrhoea)	45 patients with chronic pancreatitis	NR	56%
Jarosz et al., 2003⁵⁷	Poland	Population-based	Clinical symptoms	389 patients with chronic pancreatitis	1982–2001	<5 years duration: 5.1% 3–10 years duration: 19.4% >10 years duration: 36.5%
Lévy et al., 2006²⁶	France	Cross-sectional study	Clinical signs (76.7%) Measurement of faecal pancreatic enzymes (5.8%) Faecal fat (27.1%)	1748 chronic pancreatitis patients identified in survey of gastroenterologists	4 months, 2003	Prevalence 36%
Frulloni et al., 2006⁵⁸	Italy	Prospective study	Not stated	834 patients with chronic pancreatitis	NR	Prevalence 31–45%