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Table 3 Number of parameters of metabolic syndrome for subjects in the two groups

From: Association between non-alcoholic fatty pancreatic disease (nafpd) and the metabolic syndrome: case–control retrospective study

Number of metabolic

Fatty pancreas

Normal pancreas

Syndrome parameters

n (%)

n (%)

0

4 (5.6%)

156 (32.2%)

1

22 (30.6%)

132 (27.2%)

2

21 (29.2%)

112 (23.1%)

3

16 (22.2%)

54 (11.1%)

4

7 (9.7%)

27 (5.6%)

5

2 (2.8%)

4 (0.8%)

Meet ≥ 3 criteria*

25 (34.7%)

85 (17.5%)

Mean number*

2.1 ± 1.2

1.3 ± 1.2

  1. *p <0.01.
  2. The five criteria of the metabolic syndrome as established by the National Cholesterol Education Program’s Adult Treatment Panel III are: abdominal obesity, hypertension, triglyceride concentrations ≥150 mg/dL, HDL-cholesterol <40 mg/dL for males or <50 mg/dL for females, and fasting glucose concentrations ≥110 mg/dL.
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