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Table 3 Pancreas and liver assessment

From: Patients with type 2 diabetes present with multiple anomalies of the pancreatic arterial tree on abdominal computed tomography: comparison between patients with type 2 diabetes and a matched control group

 

Patients with T2D

N = 48

Control subjects

N = 48

p (univariate)

p (multivariate)

Splenic artery calcium score n (%)

 0

31 (65)

39 (81)

0.04

0.035

 1

9 (19)

8 (17)

 2 or 3

8 (17)

1 (2)

Abdominal aorta calcium score, n (%)

 0

4 (8)

15 (31)

0.019

0.009

 1

23 (48)

17 (35)

 2 or 3

21 (44)

16 (33)

Number of pancreas-bound branches, n (%)

 0

19 (40)

6 (12)

0.003

0.036

 1

9 (19)

9 (19)

 2 or 3

20 (41)

33 (69)

Number of intrapancreatic arterial subdivisions, n (%)

 0

26 (54)

9 (19)

0.001

0.008

 1

10 (21)

14 (29)

  

 2

12 (25)

25 (52)

  

Pancreas volume, cm3: mean (SD)

61.5 (32.8)

60.7 (26.0)

0.9

0.3

Pancreas density, Hounsfield units: median (IQR)a

27.5 (20.5–32.6)

34.3 (25.6–39.1)

0.026

0.5

Liver density, Hounsfield units: median (IQR)

46.5 (38.3–51.8)

53.0 (46.3–56)

0.0001

0.1

  1. Multivariate logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, BMI and presence or absence of hypertension
  2. T2D Type 2 diabetes, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
  3. aPancreas density defined as the mean of 3 ROIs from the head, body and tail of the pancreas