Lifetime Drinking History of Persons With Chronic Pancreatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cumulative consumption of alcohol and variations of alcohol intake by age are unknown in chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients in North America. This study summarizes the lifetime drinking history (LDH) by physician attribution of alcohol etiology, smoking status and sex in persons with CP.

Methods

We analyzed data on 193 CP participants who completed the LDH questionnaire in the North American Pancreatitis Continuation and Validation Study (NAPS2-CV). We collected data on frequency of drinking and drinks per drinking day for each drinking phase of their lives. We examined differences in total number of alcoholic drinks and weight of ethanol consumed by physician's assessment of CP etiology, sex and smoking status. We also compared intensity of drinking in 20, 30 and 40s b

SUBMITTER: Jeon CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6895458 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature