AUG 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pancreatic Stiffness in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Assessed by 2-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography: A Pilot Case–Control Study
The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
A prospective case–control pilot study with clear group differences in pancreatic stiffness (P <.001) and metabolic associations, but limited by small sample size, single-centre setting, surrogate imaging endpoint, and lack of clinical outcome validation.
Reported
Sample size90
T2DM patients vs controls: pancre…P <.001
T2DM with vs without microvascula…P >.05