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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Dec 30;166(4):890–896.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.11.019

Table 5.

Burden of CP in children

Disease burden (number of respondents)
Pattern of abdominal pain (59)	n (%)
Usually pain free, with episodes of mild to moderate pain	10 (17%)
Usually pain free, with episodes of severe pain	21 (36%)
Constant mild to moderate pain	2 (3%)
Constant mild to moderate pain, plus episodes of severe pain	22 (37%)
Constant severe pain	4 (7%)
Mean pain scores (scale 0-100)	median (25^th and 75^th percentile)
Constant pain (15)	55 (30, 78)
Episodic pain (50)	80 (62, 94)
Number of	median (25^th and 75^th percentile)
ER visits lifelong (48)	5 (3, 14)
ER visits last year (47)	3 (1, 5)
Hospitalizations lifelong (52)	5.5 (2.5, 14.5)
Hospitalizations last year (48)	2 (1, 3)
Days of school missed past 1 month (47)	3 (0, 8)
^* Pancreatic insufficiency (55)	n (%)
Exocrine insufficient	19 (34%)
Endocrine insufficient^&	1 (1%)

Excludes post-total pancreatectomy;

1 patient with diabetes prior to total pancreatectomy.