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. 2019 Dec 2;14(12):e0224921. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224921

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