Table 4.
Pain patterns and pain medication use in men and women with chronic pancreatitis enrolled in the NAPS2-CV study
| N (%) | All | Alcohol | Genetic | Idiopathic | Obstructive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (N=287) | Women (N=234) | Men (N=167) | Women (N=71) | Men (N=22) | Women (N=29) | Men (N=52) | Women (N=74) | Men (N=7) | Women (N=29) | |
| Abdominal pain | 239 (83) | 201 (86) | 142 (85) | 62 (87) | 21 (95) | 26 (90) | 40 (77) | 61 (82) | 5 (71) | 28 (97) |
| Pain | ||||||||||
| Constant | 146 (61) | 127 (63) | 93 (65) | 42 (68) | 11 (52) | 16 (62) | 23 (57) | 37 (61) | 2 (40) | 18 (64) |
| Intermittent | 93 (40) | 74 (37) | 49 (35) | 20 (32) | 10 (48) | 10 (38) | 17 (43) | 24 (39) | 3 (60) | 10 (36) |
| Severity of pain | ||||||||||
| Mild-moderate | 46 (19) | 46 (23) | 22 (15) | 13 (21) | 6 (29) | 5 (19) | 9 (23) | 15 (25) | 3 (60) | 5 (18) |
| Severe | 193 (81) | 155 (77) | 120 (85) | 49 (79) | 15 (71) | 21 (81) | 31 (77) | 46 (75) | 2 (40) | 23 (82) |
| Pain medications | 186 (78) | 159 (79) | 114 (80) | 52 (84) | 18 (86) | 18 (69) | 28 (70) | 47 (77) | 3 (60) | 22 (79) |
| Non-narcotic | 15 (8) | 22 (14) | 4 (3) | 8 (15*) | 1 (6) | 4 (23) | 6 (22) | 5 (11) | 1 (33) | 3 (13) |
| Narcotic | ||||||||||
| Intermittent | 60 (32) | 62 (39) | 33 (29) | 15 (29) | 11 (61) | 6 (33) | 9 (32) | 25 (53) | 0 (0) | 5 (23) |
| Constant | 111 (60*) | 75 (47) | 77 (68) | 29 (56) | 6 (33) | 8 (44) | 13 (46) | 17 (36) | 2 (67) | 14 (64) |
*
P value<0.05