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. 2007 Sep 28;13(36):4881–4890. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i36.4881

Table 1.

Clinical data describing the 12 type-1 diabetic patients that completed the study

Patient No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Gender M M F M M M M M M M M F
Age (yr) 30 47 25 32 40 46 42 39 41 62 53 33
Height (cm) 176 180 165 176 169 182 180 185 168 174 175 170
Weight (kg) 64 86 65 60 90 78 75 85 66 79 95 61
Diabetes duration (yr) 18 37 16 12 32 27 32 14 13 46 20 14
Autonomic neuropathy S,T S,T S,T S,T S,T S S,T S S S S S,T
Peripheral neuropathy S,T S,T S S,T S,T S S,T S S S S S,T
Neuropathic pain - + - - - - + + - - - +
Retinopathy + + + + + + + + + + + +
Nephropathy - + + - + + + - - + + +
Bladder paresis - - - - + - - - - - - +
Gastroparesis1 + + + + + - - - - + - +
Sexual dysfunction - - - - - - - - + - - +
HbA1c (%) 11.1 8.6 14.1 10.5 7.7 10.7 9.2 9.3 10.4 10.2 9.2 7.3
Creatinine (mmol/L) 75 101 111 63 73 87 123 78 96 108 118 52
Nausea + + + + + + + + + + + +
Vomiting + + + + + - + + + + + -
Abdominal pain + - + - + - - - - + - -
Diarrhea + - + + + + + + + - - +
Constipation - - - - + - - + - - - -
Gastroscopy N N N N N N N N N N N N
Colonoscopy ND ND N ND N ND ND N N ND ND N
Small bowel radiology ND ND N N N N ND ND N N ND N
Breath test2 N ND N N N N ND ND ND N ND N
Insulin treatment inj pump inj Inj inj inj inj inj inj inj inj pump
GI medication - - + - - - + - + + - +
Analgetics - + - - - - + + - - - +
Smoking + - + + - + - + - + - -

M: male, and F: female. S: verified by classic symptoms, and T = verified by tests. “-“: not present, and “+”: present. N: normal examination, and ND: not done. “inj”: injection by insulin pen. “pump”: njection by pump system.

1

Assessed by scintigraphy.

2

To exclude bacterial overgrowth. Normal range of HbA1c is < 6% and Creatinine < 125 mmol/L (M) or < 115 mmol/L (F).