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

Table 2

Comparison of serum PTH, calcitriol and calcifediol, and fecal elastase 1 content, between different patient-collectives allotted by the body mass index (BMI) and controls. 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 indicates a significant difference between patients with BMI and controls.
Parameters Comparison of error probabilities of variation between patients and controls ( 𝑁 = 8 0 ) concerning BMI (kg/m2)
Controls ( 𝑁 = 8 0 ) 3 0 ≤ 3 5 ( 𝑁 = 2 5 )>35 ( 𝑁 = 1 0 0 )
Faecal elastase 1 (μg/g) 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
Calcitriol 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 n.s. 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
Calcifediol 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 𝑃 = 0 . 0 5 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1
PTHn.s.n.s.n.s.