Author, year Total Type 1 Type2
FE-1 FE-1 FE-1
<100 μg/g <100 μg/g <100 μg/g
  No.(%) No.(%) No.(%)
Hardt P et al. [24] 23 (50) 9 (53) 14 (48)
Rathmann W et al. [31] 65 (39) - 65 (39)
Icks A et al . [29] 29 (57) 29 (57) -
Hardt P et al. [36] 232 (56) 93 (56) 139 (56)
Nunes A et al. [32] 9 (60) - 9 (60)
Cavalot F et al. [30] 4 (19) 4 (19) -
Ylmaztepe A et al. [33] 1 (10) - 1 (10)
Hahan J et al. [15] - - -
Vesterhus M et al. [28] 16 (62) 16 (62) -
Larger E et al. [26] 88 (58) 38 (58) 50 (59)
Vujasinovic M et al. [27] 4 (50) 1 (33) 3 (60)
* Percentages refer to the number of patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Table 2: Severe (<100 μg/g) fecal elastase 1 (FE-1) levels in diabetic patients*