title: A clinical profile of fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes patients from eastern India with special reference to body fat percentage and insulin resistance.
abstract: Fibrocalculous pancreatic diabetes though less commonly seen but is a unique form of diabetes seen mostly in the tropics. Thirty-one (19 males, 12 females) consecutive patients attending the OPD were evaluated for clinical and biochemical profile with special reference to quantifying insulin resistance (by HOMA-IR) and body fat percentage (by bioimpedence). Insulin requirement was found to be 1.15 +/- .33 units/kg. HOMA-IR was abnormal (>2) in 24 (77.42%). Increased body fat percentage (defined as >20% in males and >30% in females) was found in 17 males (89.5%) out of 19 and in 4 females (33.3%) out of 12. There was significant positive correlation between HOMA-IR and body fat (by between feet method p < 0.001) and by between hands method (p = 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata 700020.
authors.forename: Mani Kant
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Singla
authors.forename: Pradip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Kaushik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: Subhankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050500:Pancreatitis, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult