Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Pt | Age | Gender | Type of exposure | Time gap between exposure and pancreatitis | Duration of exposure | Severity of pancreatits | TG | IgG4 | Confounding factors |
| 1 | 40s | F | TENS | Narrow | Short | Mild | Nl | Nl3 | CCB and PPI |
| 2 | 30s | F | IENS | Narrow | Unk | Mild | Unk | Unk | Unk2 |
| 3 | 50s | F | TENS | Narrow | Long | Severe | Nl | Nl3 | None1 |
| 4 | 40s | M | Energy drink | Narrow | Consumed Rockstar™ prior to 2 unexplained episodes | Both mild | Nl | Nl | Initial episode due to alcohol, but abstinent for 1 yr prior to these 2 episodes |
1
No medications, no alcohol, no gallstones (by transabdominal and intraoperative, but not endoscopic, ultrasound), there was no evidence for or against genetic causes and pancreas divisum;
2
No alcohol, and no gallstones (by transabdominal but not endoscopic ultrasound), but the patient could not recall her medication history;
3
Total IgG, not IgG4, was sent. Pt: Patient; Nl: Normal; Unk: Unknown; TG: Triglyceride level; TENS: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation; F: Female; M: Male; CCB: Calcium-channel blocker; PPI: Proton-pump inhibitor; IENS: Implanted electrical nerve stimulator.