Predictors of Delayed Gastric Emptying in Diabetes
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 24 (7), 1264-1269
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.24.7.1264
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—To define the predictors of the rate of gastric emptying in patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 101 outpatients with diabetes (79 type 1 and 22 type 2) underwent measurements of gastric emptying of a solid/liquid meal (scintigraphy), upper gastrointestinal symptoms (questionnaire), glycemic control (blood glucose concentrations during gastric emptying measurement), and autonomic nerve function (cardiovascular reflexes). RESULTS—The gastric emptying of solid and/or liquid was delayed in 66 (65%) patients. Solid (retention at 100 min 64 ± 3.2 vs. 50.2 ± 3.6%, P < 0.005) and liquid (retention at 100 min 22.7 ± 1.7 vs. 16.0 ± 1.8%, P < 0.001) gastric emptying was slower in women than in men. Of all upper gastrointestinal symptoms (including nausea and vomiting), only abdominal bloating/fullness was associated with slower gastric emptying (P < 0.005). A multiple regression analysis demonstrated that both abdominal bloating/fullness and female sex were predictors of slower gastric emptying of both solids and liquids. CONCLUSIONS—We conclude that the presence of abdominal bloating/fullness but not any other upper gastrointestinal symptom is associated with diabetic gastroparesis and that gastric emptying is slower in diabetic women than in diabetic men.Keywords
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