Examination of serum fatty acids in patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis

Introduction: Malabsorption of several nutrients may cause deficiency of different serum components in alcoholic chronic pancreatitis (ACP). The aim of our study was to determine the serum fatty acid composition of patients with ACP. Methods: 56 patients with ACP who reported giving up alcohol consumption several years ago (gender: 33/23 male/female, age: 60.0 [14.0] years (median [IQR]) and 51 carefully selected clinically healthy age, sex-, weight- and height matched control subjects were included in the study. Fatty acids were analyzed by high-resolution capillary gas-liquid chromatography. Results: Although…