Correlation of Body Mass Index and Glucose Metabolism in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis

Abstract

In this work we have studied the correlation between body mass index and disorders of carbohydrate metabolism in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Correlation of body mass index with the levels of fasting glucose (r = 0.33; p = 0.01), HbA1c (r = 0.32; p = 0.02), immunoreactive insulin (r = 0.49; p < 0.0001) and HOMA-IR (r = 0.58; p < 0.0001) has been observed.

Keywords

• chronic pancreatitis
• impaired fasting glucose
• impaired glucose tolerance
• diabetes mellitus
• body mass index