Table 6.
Distribution of pain patterns based on severity in patients with different imaging categories
| Imaging Category | Severity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No pain (n=81) | Mild (n=91) | Severe (n=346) | p-value | |
| Obstructive (n=103) | 10 (12.4) | 18 (19.8) | 75 (21.7) | 0.0405 |
| Inflammatory (n=130) | 18 (22.2) | 18 (19.8) | 94 (27.1) | |
| Pseudocysts (n=52) | 6 (7.4) | 15 (16.5) | 31 (9.0) | |
| Others (n=233) | 47 (58.0) | 40 (44.0) | 146 (42.2) | |
Analysis after removing 39 patients with pancreatic duct stricture/dilatation from inflammation, pseudocyst and other categories showed similar results