Table 1

Demographic data

	Transferred patients—83	Non transferred patients—202	P value
Sex
Male	37	114	0.89
Female	46	88	0.89
Median age (IQR)	56.5 (40.0–70.0)	57.5 (47.0–69.0)	0.65
Aetiology	26	70	0.458
Gallstones	37	69
Alcohol	14	46
Idiopathic	4	8
Post-ERCP	0	4
Drug induced	0	2
Hyperlipidaemia
Acute-on-chronic pancreatitis	1	2
Post-EUS	0	1
Postoperative	1	0
Median days admission to referral	8.0 (3.0–16.0)	7.0 (4.0–11.0)	0.25
Median no of times discussed	1.0 (1.0–2.0)	1.0 (1.0–2.0)	0.1

ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; EUS, Endoscopic ultrasound; IQR, inter quartile range; no, number.