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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Sep 21;20(3):e407–e428. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.09.032

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Suspected Gastroparesis
N=150 subjects
Age, median (IQR) 44.5 (22.8)
Female gender, n (%) 118 (78.7)
BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) 27.2 (10.7)
Etiology, n (%)
 Diabetic 43 (28.7)
 Non-Diabetic 107 (71.3)
Infectious prodrome, n (%) 17 (11.3)
Duration of symptoms (months), median (IQR) 36 (53.5)
Marijuana use, n (%) 11 (7.3)
Opioid use, n (%) 18 (12.0)
Rome III criteria for FBD, n (%) 117 (80.7)
 Predominant constipation symptoms 52 (36.4)
 Predominant diarrhea or mixed-type bowel symptoms 91 (63.6)
Rome III criteria for FD, n (%) 109 (75.7)
Rome III criteria for N/V/Belching Disorders, n (%) 86 (59.7)
Baseline BSFS (range 1–7), median (IQR) 4.0 (3)
Delayed GES, n (%)
 >60% retention at 2h 16 (10.7)
 >10% retention at 4h 36 (24.2)
Severely delayed GES (> 35% retention at 4h), n (%) 11 (7.4)
Delayed GET, n (%) 53 (35.6)
Severely delayed GET (GET > 12h), n (%) 21 (14.1)
Delayed SBTT, n (%) 33 (22.6)
Delayed CTT, n (%) 45 (30.8)
Generalized transit delay (transit delays in ≥2 regions), n (%) 17 (11.6)
Global transit delay (transit delays in all 3 regions), n (%) 8 (5.5)
Gastric Ct, median (IQR) 48.0 (59.5)
Gastric MI, median (IQR) 11.4 (2.5)
Small bowel Ct, median (IQR) 111.0 (127.5)
Small bowel MI, median (IQR) 12.6 (2.7)

BMI, body mass index; BSFS, Bristol Stool Form Scale; Ct, contraction frequency; CTT, colonic transit time by wireless motility capsule; FBD, functional bowel disorder by Rome III criteria; FD, functional dyspepsia by Rome III criteria; GES, gastric emptying scintigraphy; GET, gastric emptying time by wireless motility capsule; MI, motility index; N/V/Belching, functional nausea/vomiting and/or belching disorder by Rome III criteria; SBTT, small bowel transit time by wireless motility capsule.