Associated factors for a hyperechogenic pancreas on endoscopic ultrasound

Table 3 Multivariate analysis of the clinical risk factors for hyperechogenic pancreas

	P value	OR	95% CI
Male gender	0.013	2.636	1.224-5.678
Age older than 60 yr	0.001	2.874	1.537-5.372
Obesity (BMI > 25 kg/m2)	0.439	1.296	0.673-2.496
Smoking	0.612	1.227	0.557-2.701
Alcohol	0.435	0.773	0.405-1.475
Type 2 DM	0.646	1.304	0.420-4.055
Hypertension	0.044	2.037	1.018-4.072
Hypercholesterolemia	0.099	1.821	0.893-3.713
Fatty liver	0.008	2.219	1.226-4.016

BMI: Body mass index; DM: Diabetes mellitus; OR: Odds ratio; CI: Confidence interval.