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Diabetes Risk in These Patients with Pancreatitis

Am J Gastroenterol; ePub 2017 Jul 25; Bellin, et al

Publish date:: August 10, 2017

Patients with chronic pancreatitis are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if they also have exocrine deficiency, pancreatic calcifications, and have had pancreatic surgery, according to the North American Pancreatitis 2 studies, which included over 1,000 patients. Additional details of the investigation include the following:

Traditional risk factors for type 2 diabetes, including obesity and a family history of the disease, were also risk factors for patients with chronic pancreatitis.
The strongest predictor of diabetes mellitus in the multicenter cohort was obesity, which almost tripled the likelihood of developing the disease (OR, 2.8).

Citation:

Bellin MD, Whitcomb DC, Abberbock J, et al. Patient and disease characteristics associated with the presence of diabetes mellitus in adults with chronic pancreatitis in the United States. [Published online ahead of print July 25, 2017]. Am J Gastroenterol. doi:10.1038/ajg.2017.181.

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