Association between Pancreatic Atrophy and Loss of Insulin Secretory Capacity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

The association of pancreatic atrophy and absolute insulin deficiency () in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Variables	OR (95% CI)	value
Pancreatic atrophy (%)	4.47 (1.45-13.8)	0.009
Gender (men)	0.53 (0.21-1.33)	0.18
Age (years)	0.98 (0.94-1.02)	0.37
Duration of diabetes	1.03 (0.96-1.10)	0.39
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.88 (0.77-0.99)	0.047
HbA1c (%)	1.26 (1.06-1.48)	0.008
TG (mmol/L)	0.77 (0.54-1.08)	0.13
TC (mmol/L)	1.49 (0.95-2.33)	0.08

Duration of diabetes was categorized as ≤2 years, 3-9 years, and ≥10 years. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; HTN: hypertension; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence index.