Table 2. Correlation between whole-pancreatic PDFF and the clinical characteristics.
Pancreas | Liver | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Whole | Head | Body and Tail | ||
Characteristics | p value | p value | p value | p value |
Sex | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.28 | 0.91 |
Age >65 y | 0.039* | 0.49 | 0.0063* | <0.0001* |
BMI >25 kg/m2 | 0.0093* | 0.0011* | 0.058 | 0.019* |
Diabetes | 0.0055* | 0.0035* | 0.0149* | 0.16 |
HbA1c >6.5% | 0.0010* | 0.00050* | 0.0044* | 0.43 |
Fasting Blood Glucose >126mg/dl | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.36 | 0.082 |
HOMA-IR >2.5** | 0.67 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.069 |
Smoker | 0.75 | 0.15 | 0.31 | 0.69 |
Hypertension | 0.070 | 0.053 | 0.15 | 0.73 |
Dyslipidemia | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.15 | 0.053 |
TG >150 mg/dl | 0.46 | 0.17 | 0.78 | 0.0059* |
LDL-C >140 mg/dl | 0.071 | 0.027*** | 0.25 | 0.26 |
LH ratio <1.5 | 0.15 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.016* |
*Significant
**For analysis of HOMA-IR, the sample number decreased to n = 129 because of missing data.
***Inverse correlation