Identification of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma due to inheritable mutation: Challenges of daily clinical practice

Table 3 Non-inheritable risk factors for pancreas cancer in patients included in study

Non-heritable risk factors		Frequency	Relative percentage (%)
Smoking
Smoker (active or ex-smoker)	Yes	187	55.8
	No	148	44.2
	Unknown	65	n/a
Active smoker	Yes	71	21.2
	No	264	78.8
	Unknown	65	n/a
Alcohol
Alcohol consumption	Yes	233	74.9
	No	78	25.1
	Unknown	89	n/a
“Excess” consumption	Yes	33	14.2
	No	200	85.8
Pancreatitis
Previous pancreatitis	Yes	11	2.8
	No	386	97.2
	Unknown	3	n/a
Diagnosed > 2 yr before PDAC	Yes	6	54.6
	No	5	45.5
IPMN
Past medical history of IPMN	Yes	3	0.8
	No	394	99.2
	Unknown	3	n/a
Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes mellitus	Yes	103	25.9
	No	295	74.1
	Unknown	2	n/a
Diagnosed > 2 yr before PDAC	Yes	39	57.4
	No	29	42.7
	Unknown	35	n/a
Type 1 diabetes mellitus	Yes	5	1.3
	No	393	98.7
	Unknown	2	n/a

n/a: Not applicable; PDAC: Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma; IPMN: Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm.