Estimation of faecal elastase 1 and faecal chymotrypsin in patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and morphological changes in the pancreas indicative of chronic pancreatitis
| Abnormal faecal chymotrypsin | ||||
| Number | Abnormal faecal elastase 1 (<200 μg/g stool) | <3 U/g stool | <6 U/g stool | |
| Morphological changes | ||||
| Calcifications | ||||
| Absent | 18 | 9 (50) | 4 (22) | 10 (56) |
| Present | 12 | 7 (58)* | 7 (58)† | 7 (58)‡ |
| ERCP | ||||
| Normal | 5 | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | 3 (60) |
| Abnormal | 8 | 7 (88)§ | 6 (75)¶ | 6 (75)** |
Values in parentheses are percentages.
Fisher’s exact test: *p=0.72, †p=0.06, ‡p=1, §p=0.22, ¶p=0.29,**p=1.