Table 1.

Summary of patient characteristics.

Participant Age	53 (19–84) years#
Gender	156 Male/55 Female
Time since initial diagnosis of CP	7 (2–53) years #
Pancreatitis Aetiology Alcohol Other	148 (70.1%) 63 (29.9%)
Current Smoker (n = 210)*	108 (51.4%)
Current Drinker (n = 209)*	55 (26.3%)
Diabetes Mellitus (n = 210)*	89 (42.4%)
Pain medication with NSAID Mild opioids (WHO class 2) Potent opioids (WHO class 3)	77 (36.5%) 59 (28.0%) 51 (24.2%)
Pancreatic surgery	40 (19.0%)

^*Numbers in parenthesis represent number of patients with complete data for the variable; ^#Median (range); WHO = world health organisation.