Cause and effect relationship of malnutrition with idiopathic chronic pancreatitis: Prospective case-control study

• Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 1378 - 1383
• Main Authors: Midha, Shallu, Singh, Namrata, Sachdev, Vikas, Tandon, Rakesh Kumar, Joshi, Yogendra Kumar, Garg, Pramod Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.09.2008; Blackwell Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Body Mass Index; Case-Control Studies; cause and effect; chronic pancreatitis; Diabetes Complications - etiology; Eating; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Humans; India; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; malnutrition; Manihot - adverse effects; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Middle Aged; Nutritional Status; Other diseases. Semiology; Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...); Pancreatic Pseudocyst - complications; Pancreatitis, Chronic - complications; Pancreatitis, Chronic - etiology; Pancreatitis, Chronic - physiopathology; Prospective Studies; Protein-Energy Malnutrition - etiology; Protein-Energy Malnutrition - physiopathology; Risk Factors; Weight Loss; Young Adult; India; cause and effect; Chronic; chronic pancreatitis; Nutrition disorder; Gastroenterology; Idiopathic; Pancreatitis; Weight loss; Digestive diseases; Case control study; Malnutrition; Pancreatic disease

Background and Aim:  Patients with chronic pancreatitis are often malnourished. The role of malnutrition in the pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis is unclear. The aim of the present article was to study prospectively the cause and effect relationship of malnutrition with idiopathic chronic pancrea...