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Prevalence of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Women with Obesity Syndrome: Assessment by Pancreatic Fecal Elastase 1

Table 1

Age, faecal elastase 1, calcitriol, and calcifediol (means ± standard deviation) in female patients with obesity syndrome and controls. 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 indicates a significant difference between the patient-collectives allotted by the body mass index (BMI).
ParametersControls ( 𝑁 = 8 0 )BMI [kg/m2] 𝑃
I 3 0 ≤ 3 5 ( 𝑁 = 2 5 )II 3 5 ≤ 4 0 ( 𝑁 = 7 5 )III ≥40 ( 𝑁 = 2 5 )
Age (years) 5 4 . 8 ± 1 2 , 1 5 1 . 6 ± 9 , 3 5 3 . 5 ± 7 . 0 5 2 . 4 ± 8 . 6 n.s.
Faecal elastase 1 (μg/g) 6 6 5 . 9 ± 1 1 7 . 4 4 1 4 . 7 ± 7 1 . 9 2 9 9 . 6 ± 4 4 . 8 2 2 4 . 1 ± 6 9 . 5 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
Calcitriol (pg/mL) 4 1 . 0 ± 8 . 3 4 1 . 7 ± 8 . 2 3 4 . 4 ± 5 . 1 3 0 . 5 ± 6 . 1 n.s.
Calcifediol (ngl/mL) 5 0 . 2 ± 1 4 . 7 3 4 . 1 ± 1 2 . 5 2 5 . 0 ± 4 . 9 1 8 . 8 ± 7 . 3 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
PTH (pg/mL) 4 1 . 3 ± 1 0 . 2 4 4 . 8 ± 2 1 . 3 5 1 . 4 ± 1 5 . 7 5 4 . 1 ± 2 0 . 9 n.s.