Table 1. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics.
| Factor | HC (N=20) | EUS<5 (N=53) | EUS>=5 (N=16) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 34.6±9.6 23 | 43.9±11.6 1 | 47.9±12.0 1 | 0.001 |
| Male | 10(50.0) | 15(28.3) | 9(56.3) | 0.061 |
| White | 12(60.0) 2 | 48(90.6) 1 | 15(93.8) | 0.003 |
| Smoking | <0.001 | |||
| •Never | 20(100.0) 23 | 25(47.2) 1 | 5(31.3) 1 | |
| •Former | 0(0.0) | 11(20.8) | 4(25.0) | |
| •Current | 0(0.0) | 17(32.1) | 7(43.8) | |
| Alcohol | 0(0.0) 3 | 9(17.0) 3 | 8(50.0) 12 | <0.001 |
| Acute Pancreatitits | 0(0.0) 23 | 21(39.6) 13 | 12(75.0) 12 | <0.001 |
| Total Volume (mL)* | 66.0[43.5,92.0] 3 | 50.0[31.0,65.5] | 39.0[32.5,50.0] 1 | 0.005 |
| Peak Lipase concentration (×10 IU/L) | 13.9[10.0,19.5] 23 | 6.6[4.1,17.7] 1 | 5.9[1.04,12.4] 1 | 0.003 |
| Peak Bicarbonate concentration (IU/L) | 108.0[99.0,115.0] 23 | 90.0[84.0,102.0] 13 | 72.0[42.0,85.5] 12 | <0.001 |
| Peak Amylase concentration (×10 IU/L) | 4.0[2.8,7.6] 23 | 1.2[0.67,2.6] 1 | 0.58[0.17,1.9] 1 | <0.001 |
*
Data not available for all subjects. Missing values: Total Volume (mL) = 1.
Values presented as Mean ± SD with ANOVA; Median [P25, P75] or Median (min, max) with Kruskal-Wallis test, or N (%) with Pearson's chi-square test unless otherwise stated.
1
Significantly different from HC
2
Significantly different from EUS<5
3
Significantly different from EUS>=5
A significance level of 0.017 was used for pairwise ad-hoc comparisons.