Table 2.
Clinical characteristics by DM onset in pancreatic cancer patients
| Variables | DM Onset | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 58) | Pre PCd (n = 33) | At PCd (n = 10) | Post PCd (n = 15) | p value | f-ratio value | ||
| Sex | Male | 36 (62.1) | 19 (57.6) | 8 (80.0) | 9 (60.0) | 0.433 | |
| Female | 22 (37.9) | 14 (42.4) | 2 (20.0) | 6 (40.0) | 0.083 | ||
| Site of Primary Tumour | Head | 38 (65.5) | 22 (66.7) | 4 (40.0) | 12 (80.0) | 0.117 | |
| Body | 12 (20.7) | 6 (18.2) | 4 (40.0) | 2 (13.3) | 0.235 | ||
| Tail | 5 (8.6) | 4 (12.1) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.719 | ||
| Unknown | 3 (5.2) | 1 (3.0) | 1 (10.0) | 1 (6.7) | 0.653 | ||
| Stage at PC Diagnosis | Stage 1 | 3 (5.2) | 2 (6.1) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.766 | |
| Stage 2 | 15 (25.9) | 8 (24.2) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (46.7) | 0.115 | ||
| Stage 3 | 13 (22.4) | 7 (21.2) | 1 (10.0) | 5 (33.3) | 0.379 | ||
| Stage 4 | 26 (44.8) | 15 (45.5) | 8 (80.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0.013 | ||
| Unknown | 1 (1.7) | 1 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.340 | ||
| Surgery | Yes | 11 (19.0) | 4 (12.1) | 2 (20.0) | 5 (33.3) | 0.221 | |
| No | 47 (81.0) | 29 (87.9) | 8 (80.0) | 10 (66.7) | |||
| Chemotherapy | Yes | 42 (72.4) | 20 (60.6) | 8 (80.0) | 14 (93.3) | 0.053 | |
| No | 16 (27.6) | 13 (39.4) | 2 (20.0) | 1 (6.7) | |||
| Radiotherapy | Yes | 14 (24.1) | 10 (30.3) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (20.0) | 0.384 | |
| No | 44 (75.9) | 23 (69.7) | 9 (90.0) | 12 (80.0) | |||
| Mean Age (years) | 68.5 | 67.8 | 67.1 | 70.9 | 0.515 | 0.671 | |