title: Orocecal transit time in patients with celiac disease from North India: a case control study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The mechanisms responsible for bowel disturbances in celiac disease are still unknown. Small bowel motor abnormalities may be involved in this pathological condition; however, there is no study addressing small bowel transit in patients of celiac disease from Northern India.
  
  
  METHODS
  The mouth-to-cecum transit time was studied in 80 celiac patients and 80 age and sex matched apparently healthy controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Orocecal transit time in celiac patients was significantly delayed being 180+/-10.6 minutes (Mean+/-SE) as compared to 105+/-12.4 minutes in apparently healthy controls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This prolonged orocecal transit time could be due to impaired small bowel function (deranged motility) in patients with celiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroentrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India. svrana25@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bhasin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002432:Cecum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005772:Gastrointestinal Transit / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016065:Myoelectric Complex, Migrating / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult