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Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Jul 20;21(9):2239–2251.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2022.07.011

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with gastroparesis, organized by population setting and first author. Data presented as mean (SD) or (%) or calculated mean/median when SD or more precise data are not provided. Two commonest etiologies included.

Study Age/age (SD) (years) Female (%) White (%) BMI (kg/m2) HbA1c (%) EtOH (%) Smokers (% current) Etiology (%) Other variables

Community
Jung, et al. 2009 47.0 (20.0)* 76.4 >90 26.2 (7.0) - 26.8 43 (33.9) IG (49.4)
DG (25.3)
Data summarized for definite/probable groups; Marital, education, employment, insurance status
Syed, et al. 2020 CBDΔ 66.1 69.7 - - - - DG (71.7)
IG (28.3)
None
Ye, et al. 2021 (UK) 50.6 (20.1)* 63.7 85.0 27.2 (8.1) 8.2 582 (51.3) 214 (18.9) IG (39.4)
DG (37.5)
CCI, comorbidities, regional distribution
Ye, et al. 2022 (USA) 58.9 (16.4)* 68.5 71.7 - - - - DG (57.4)
PSG (15.0)
Insurance status, follow-up time, GES performed, regional distribution, comorbidities
Inpatient/Emergency Department
Bell, et al. 2002 § CBDΔ 65.8 - - - - - - Insurance status, discharge disposition
Bielefeldt 2013 - - - - - - - - Hospital admission rates (F>M), regional distribution
Hirsch, et al. 2019 45.4 (19.4)Ω 69.3 - - - - - - Insurance status, income, region, discharge disposition
Kichloo, et al. 2021 47.3Ω 66.9 46.7 - - - - DG (78.1)
Non-DG (21.9)
CCI, comorbidities, insurance status, regional distribution, hospital outcomes
Nusrat, et al. 2013 - - - - - - - - Age groups, insurance status, hospital stay, hospital charges, mortality
Wadhwa, et al. 2017 49.6 (52.8)Ω 71.6 67.5 - - - - Non-DG (71.9)
DG (28.1)
Symptoms, CCI, insurance status, income, regional distribution
Wang, et al. 2008 54.0 (17.5)Ω 65.3 - - - - - DG (73.8)
Non-DG (26.2)
Insurance status, hospital outcomes, mortality
Diabetes Mellitus
Aleppo, et al. 2017 49.4Ω 66.2 90.1 26.3 8.1 - - NA Income, education, insurance status, comorbidities
Choung, et al. 2012 - - - - - - - NA Predictors of GP among T1D, including age, sex, and symptoms
*

Age at diagnosis.

Δ

Unable to calculate, though age categories were presented.

§

Study estimates were limited to patients with concurrent diagnosis of diabetes based on the medical record.

Pooled estimates using first and last year of data.

Ω

Age at study inclusion.

CBD, cannot be determined; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; DG, diabetic gastroparesis; F, female; GES, gastric emptying scintigraphy; GP, gastroparesis; IG, idiopathic gastroparesis; M, male; NA, not applicable; PSG, post-surgical gastroparesis; SD, standard deviation; T1D, type 1 diabetes mellitus UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States of America.