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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2008 Jan 18;134(4):981–987. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.01.039

Table 2.

Characteristics of pancreatic cancer (PaC) patients with and without DM

Pancreatic cancer
Characteristic DM* (n=243) No DM (n=269) p-value
Age (y), mean** 68±10 64±12 <.001
Male sex n (%) 148 (61%) 146 (54%) 0.13
Family history of DM# n (%) 115 (47%) 83 (31%) <.001
Weight loss (kg), mean 13±10 10±8 <.001
Premorbid BMI 30±6 27±5 <.001
BMI at diagnosis 26±5 25±5 0.005
*

DM Diabetes Mellitus

**

± signs represent SD

#

DM in first-degree relative

BMI, body mass index (kg/m2)