Pancreatic hyperechogenicity associated with hypoadiponectinemia and insulin resistance: A Japanese population study

Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the pancreatic hyperechogenicity and control groups

Clinical parameters	Pancreatic hyperechogenicity (n = 208)	Controls (n = 264)	P value
Age (yr)	60.8 ± 9.4	56.9 ± 9.8	< 0.001
Fatty liver (fatty/non-fatty)	113/95	93/171	< 0.001
Sex (male/female)	86/122	115/149	0.640
Height (cm)	157.9 ± 8.4	159.3 ± 8.8	0.085
Weight (kg)	61.2 ± 9.4	56.2 ± 9.3	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	24.4 ± 2.6	22.1 ± 2.7	< 0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg)	135.9 ± 15.8	129.6 ± 15.7	< 0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	83.1 ± 10.2	79.6 ± 10.2	< 0.001
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	8.9 (6.5-12.8)	11.1 (7.8-15.9)	< 0.001
Serum insulin (μU/mL)	4.7 (3.4-6.8)	3.6 (2.7-5.0)	< 0.001
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	94.5 ± 9.2	90.8 ± 9.7	< 0.001
HOMA-IR	1.1 (0.7-1.6)	0.8 (0.6-1.1)	< 0.001
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)	58.4 ± 14.2	63.2 ± 15.4	0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)	127.1 ± 36.1	123.8 ± 32.4	0.310
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	205.9 ± 33.1	199.8 ± 34.4	0.049
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	96 (71-135)	81 (63-112)	< 0.001
Pancreatic isoamylase (U/L)	28 (23-34)	30 (25-37)	0.014
Glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (IU/L)	23 (20-27)	22 (19-28)	0.706
Glutamic pyruvic transaminase (IU/L)	21 (17-28)	20 (15-26)	0.011
γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (IU/L)	24 (17-42)	22 (15-33)	0.070
Preload plasma glucose (OGTT) (mg/dL)	97.4 ± 9.9	93.1 ± 10.2	< 0.001
2-h plasma glucose (OGTT) (mg/dL)	114.6 ± 29.7	101.1 ± 26.7	< 0.001

Data are expressed as means ± SD, or median (25^th; 75^th percentiles). Unpaired t test or Fisher’s exact test were used to compare the two groups. BMI: Body mass index; BP: Blood pressure; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; OGTT: Oral glucose tolerance test.