Postprandial blood glucose and its relation to diabetic gastroparesis--a comparison of two methods.
Delayed gastric emptying is known as an important organic cause for brittle diabetes. We proposed the interval from the start of a meal to the rise in blood glucose, defined as blood glucose latency (T BG) as an index for gastric emptying and a non-invasive test for diabetic gastropathy. In order to validate this test we compared it in 22 type 1 diabetic patients with an established scintigraphic method for the measurement of gastric half-emptying time (T1/2) and found the following correlation: T BG = 4.4 + 0.162 x T1/2; r 0.79, P < 0.001. We therefore suggest measuring the blood glucose latency as a simple non-invasive screening method.
Hackelsberger
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Diabetes Centre, Klinikum München-Bogenhausen, Germany.
Piwernetz
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Renner
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Gerhards
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Hepp
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D013997:Time Factors
D001786:Blood Glucose; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate