Key result
Etiological factors including obesity and alcoholism, along with the 15-year disease course, were analyzed in 263 male patients with primary chronic pancreatitis.
Population
263 male cases of primary chronic pancreatitis from western France
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
15 years
Authors
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Provides regional 15-year course data in French men; leaves open generalizability and practice implications pending broader validation.
Observational (n=263)
This study describes the etiology and 15-year clinical course of primary chronic pancreatitis in a cohort of men from western France.
Gastard et al. (2009) conducted an observational in Primary chronic pancreatitis (n=263). Etiological factors (diet, obesity, alcoholism) was evaluated on Course of the disease (pain, remission, complications, cirrhosis, death). Etiological factors including obesity and alcoholism, along with the 15-year disease course, were analyzed in 263 male patients with primary chronic pancreatitis.