TABLE 2.
Measure | Normal GET (≤5 h) N (%) |
Delayed GET (>5 h) N (%) |
P value |
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Transit measures | |||
Delayed scintigraphic solid gastric emptying (>10% 4-h retention) | 74/116 (63.8%) | 58/76 (76.3%) | .08 |
Severely delayed scintigraphic solid gastric emptying (>35% 4-h retention) | 18/116 (15.5%) | 25/76 (32.9%) | .007 |
Delayed scintigraphic liquid gastric emptying (>50% 1-h retention) | 26/84 (31.0%) | 22/54 (40.7%) | .27 |
Delayed WMC SBTT (>6 h) | 12/110 (10.9%) | 13/53 (24.5%) | .04 |
Delayed WMC CTT (>59 h) | 36/106 (34.0%) | 17/54 (31.5%) | .53 |
Contractility measures | |||
Gastric contractions/h | 64 (38, 130) | 35 (11, 61) | .02 |
Reduced gastric contractions (<29/h) | 18/105 (17.1%) | 23/50 (46.0%) | .0003 |
Gastric motility index (MI) | 11.7 (10.7, 12.7) | 10.6 (8.7, 11.9) | .0004 |
Reduced gastric MI (<9.82) | 16/105 (15.2%) | 17/50 (34.0%) | .01 |
Small bowel contractions/h | 138 (77, 223) | 124 (63, 255) | .92 |
Reduced small bowel contractions (<36/h) | 13/104 (12.5%) | 7/45 (15.6%) | .81 |
Small bowel motility index (MI) | 12.7 (11.6, 13.8) | 12.6 (11.3, 14.0) | .74 |
Reduced small bowel MI (<10.57) | 16/104 (15.4%) | 8/45 (17.8%) | .92 |
Colon contractions/h | 130 (91, 192) | 115 (86, 139) | .02 |
N, sample size