Table 5.

Binary logistic regression analysis showing factors that independently predict the occurrence of end-organ damage (micovascular and/or macrovascular complications) in patients with fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes

Variable	β	Exp(B) [95% Confidence Interval]	P
Age	-0.236	0.790 [0.585–1.065]	0.122
C-peptide (fasting)	-1.429	0.240 [0.008–6.012]	0.409
Fecal elastase	-0.603	0.547 [0.233–1.284]	0.166
Duration of diabetes	0.238	1.269 [1.039–1.550]	0.020
Calculus size	-0.282	0.754 [0.548–1.039]	0.094
Body fat percent	0.071	1.073 [0.944–1.221]	0.279

Binary logistic regression was initially performed with all parameters, which are likely to influence the occurrence of end-organ damage [age, sex, body mass index (BMI), duration of diabetes, basal C-peptide count, fecal elastase levels, size of largest pancreatic calculi on ultrasonography, HbA1c, lipid parameters]. Parameters with P<0.2 were included into the final model as elaborated in the table; Exp (B): exponentiation of the B co-efficient, change in odds ratio with 1 unit change in predictor variable; Numbers in bold indicate values of statistical significance