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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2021 Feb 3;160(6):2006–2017. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.01.230

Table 3.

Change in diagnosis of functional dyspepsia (FD) and gastroparesis (Gp) at baseline and 48-week follow-up based on solid gastric emptying (GE)

Total Patients (N=249)

48 Weeks
Baseline Gp FD
Diagnosis Gp (N=189) 110 (58%) 79 (42%)
Median at 4-hr GE Median at 4-hr GE Median at 4-hr GE
Total patients 24.0% [16.0, 40.0]
Gp to Gp 25.5% [16.5, 42.0] 23.0% [16.0,38.0]
Gp to FD 23.0% [14.7, 35.3] 3.0% [1.9, 5.0]
Diagnosis FD (N=60) 22 (37%) 38 (63%)
Median at 4-hr GE Median at 4-hr GE Median at 4-hr GE
Total patients 5.0% [2.5, 8.0]
FD to FD 6.0% [2.5, 8.0] 3.0% [2.0, 5.1]
FD to Gp 5.0% [2.5, 8.0] 14.6% [12.6, 21.0]

% Diagnosis Changed 41% [(79+22)/249]
% Unchanged 59% [(110+38)/249]
P-value .005
*

Idiopathic (N=182) and diabetic patients (N=67) with baseline and 48-week gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) test were included; 7 patients with normal emptying and symptoms of gastroparesis not classified as functional dyspepsia (FD) using Rome III were excluded; 34 patients in GpR1, 215 in GpR2.

Presented are the number (percent) of patients in each diagnosis category, and respective medians [IQR] values of each %-gastric retention at 4-hours distribution at baseline and 48-weeks. Gp to Gp: Patients diagnosed with gastroparesis at baseline and who remained in that category at 48-weeks; Gp to FD: Patients diagnosed with gastroparesis at baseline and who were classified as FD (normal emptying) at 48-weeks; FD to FD: Patients diagnosed with normal emptying and FD at baseline and who remained in that category at 48-weeks; FD to Gp: Patients diagnosed with FD at baseline and who were classified as gastroparesis at 48-weeks.

When analyzed separately by etiology subgroup, 75/182 (41%) of the idiopathic subgroup and 26/67 (39%) of the diabetic subgroup changed diagnosis between the baseline and 48-week GES test (P=.40), where P was determined from a logistic regression of the baseline GES diagnosis on the follow-up diagnosis, etiology subgroup, and an interaction term for etiology and follow-up GES diagnosis.

P tests the null hypothesis that the diagnosis changes from baseline to 48-weeks are random. P computed using Fisher’s exact test (2-sided). Bold font denotes a P <.05.