Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in diabetes mellitus - prevalence and characteristics.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of PEI defined by FE-1 was low in our mixed cohort of type 1 and 2 DM patients. Furthermore, there was a discrepancy between FE-1 and the breath test. Hence, the role of FE-1 in evaluating pancreatic exocrine function in DM should be evaluated in larger studies in order to clarify the association between low FE-1 and clinically relevant PEI. PMID: 31402275 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Tags: Eur J Intern Med Source Type: research