Table 4.

Summary of prior findings regarding factors associated with non-alcoholic fatty pancreas

Study	Sample size (FP:NP)	Method of detection	Associated factors	No correlation
Al-Haddad M, et al.[11]	120 (60/60)	EUS	BMI, hepatic steatosis, alcohol
Sepe PS, et al.[10]	230 (64/166)	EUS	BMI, fatty liver, hyperlipidemia, MetS	DM, pancreatits, pancreatic cancer, age, alcohol, tobacco amylase
Choi CW, et al.[17].	284 (174/110)	EUS	Hepatic steatosis, HTN, Alcohol, tobacco male, age>60
Lee JS, et al.[13]	293 (180/113)	Trans-abd ominal US	IR, VAT, ALT, MetS	FBG, LDL-C
Heni M et al.[12]	51	MRI	BMI, VAT, waist circumference	Fatty liver
Lingvay I, et al. [14]	79	MRI	BMI, hyperglycemia
Sijens PE, et al.[15]	36	MRI	BMI, liver fat
Tushuizen ME, et al.[16]	36 (12/24)	MRI	Beta-cell dysfunction	Fatty liver, VAT

IR, insulin resistance; DM, diabetes mellitus; MetS, metabolic syndrome; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; HTN, hypertension; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; FP, fatty pancreas; NP, normal pancreas; EUS, endoscopic ultrasonography; US, ultrasonography; FBG, fasting blood glucose; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol.