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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 Nov 22;194:147–151.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.09.061

Table VI.

Risk factors for acute pancreatitis by age groups

Age <5 (n = 1279) Age 5–14 (n = 8012) Age >14 (n = 18692) P value
Gallstone/biliary 29 (2.3) 162 (2.0) 901 (4.8) <.001
Triglyceridemia/lipidemia ≤10 (0.6) 216 (2.7) 961 (5.1) <.001
Trauma 0 (0.0) ≤10 (0.1) 16 (0.1) .93*
Divisum/anomalies 11 (0.8) 74 (0.9) 108 (0.6) .07
Alcohol abuse 0 (0.0) 17 (0.2) 1269 (6.8) <.001*
Obesity/overweight ≤10 (0.6) 673 (8.4) 2144 (11.5) <.001
Chronic pancreatitis 96 (7.5) 920 (11.5) 1438 (7.7) <.001

Values are n (%).

*

P value excludes youngest age group.