Dietary approaches following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A survey of selected endoscopists

Table 6 Diet type recommended based on age, practice location, number of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographys performed per year and years of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography experience of respondents

Physician characteristic			Risk of post-ERCP pancreatitis
			High vs medium		High vs low		Medium vs low
		Total number of pairs	Number with different recommendationsb		Number with different recommendationsb		Number with different recommendationsb
			n (%)	P-valuea	n (%)	P-valuea	n (%)	P-valuea
ERCP experience1	≤ 15 yr	36	4 (11)		17 (47)		17 (47)
	> 15 yr	60	8 (13)	1.00	24 (40)	0.49	18 (30)	0.09
Number of ERCPs/year	≤ 250	48	6 (12)		21 (44)		15 (31)
	> 250	49	6 (12)	0.97	21 (43)	0.93	21 (43)	0.24
Age of physician	< 45	30	4 (13)		15 (50)		15 (50)
	45-54	49	5 (10)		19 (39)		16 (33)
	≥ 55	18	3 (17)	0.78	8 (44)	0.62	5 (28)	0.20
Residency of physician2	NE	47	5 (11)		23 (49)		22 (47)
	SE	13	2 (15)		5 (38)		3 (23)
	SW	13	3 (23)		8 (62)		5 (38)
	NW	21	2 (10)	0.63	6 (29)	0.24	6 (29)	0.36

^aSignificance of the association between physician variable and recommendation of different diets assessed using a Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test as appropriate;

^bRecommended diet dichotomized as: NPO/Clears vs Low-Fat/Normal, to define “Different Recommendation”;

¹Not completed for 1 physician;

²Not completed for 3 physicians; ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.