Fatty pancreas disease in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients: a case–control study on relationships with glycemic control and exocrine function

Table 5 Correlation between hepatic steatosis, intra-pancreatic fat deposition, fecal elastase, hepatic fat fraction, and metabolic parameters

	Intra-pancreatic Fat Deposition	Hepatic Steatosis	Fecal Elastase	Hepatic Fat Fraction
	r	r	r	r
Fatty pancreas disease grade	1	0.835^**	− 0.264^**	0.779^**
Hepatic steatosis grade	0.835^**	1	− 0.296^**	0.893^**
Fecal elastase	− 0.264^**	− 0.296^**	1	− 0.205^*
Hepatic fat fraction	0.779^**	0.893^**	− 0.205^*	1
Fasting plasma glucose	0.197^*	0.291^**	− 0.695^**	0.216^*
Fasting ınsulin	0.621^**	0.599^**	− 0.224^*	0.618^**
HbA1c	0.074	0.180^*	− 0.713^**	0.089
C-Peptide	0.356^**	0.473^**	− 0.205^*	0.458^**
HOMA-IR	0.473^**	0.527^**	− 0.574^**	0.513^**

Correlation analysis was performed using Pearson or Spearman correlation tests. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01

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