Figure 1. Nutritional parameters in individual patients with severe chronic pancreatitis, steatorrhea (as demonstrated by near-infrared analysis of stool samples collected over the last 72 hours of a 5-day period of a standardized diet containing 100 g of fat per day) and a good clinical status defined by the absence of steatorrhea-related diarrhea and weight loss. Patients are divided into three groups: Patients with severe steatorrhea (more than 15 g/day) and nutritional deficiencies on enzyme supplementation (Group A; No. 11); patients with severe steatorrhea (more than 15 g/day) and no nutritional deficiency on enzyme supplementation (Group B; No. 10); and patients with mild-moderate steatorrhea (less than 15 g/day) not on enzyme supplementation (Group C; No. 10). The lower limit of reference for each individual parameter is shown as a dashed line. P values are computed by ANOVA with post-hoc analysis by the Games-Howell test. BMI: body mass index; RBP: retinol binding protein.