title: Bodyweight in patients with idiopathic gastroparesis: roles of symptoms, caloric intake, physical activity, and body metabolism.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most gastroparetic patients are underweight probably because of frequently experienced early satiety, nausea, and vomiting. Some gastroparesis (GP) patients, however, are overweight, for reasons that are not well understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors that influence bodyweight such as resting energy and exercise-related expenditure, symptoms of early satiety, nausea and vomiting, and caloric intake in patients with idiopathic GP and in healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-nine healthy controls and 29 subjects with idiopathic GP were studied. Resting energy expenditure (indirect calorimetry), body composition (bioelectrical impedance), dietary intake (Block Food Frequency Questionnaire), symptoms (Patient Assessment of Upper GI Symptoms), and physical activity (Paffenbarger exercise survey) were assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both median caloric intake (1242 vs 1804 kcal; p = 0.005) and caloric expenditure (486 vs 2172 kcal; p < 0.01) were significantly lower in patients with GP as compared to controls although BMI (25.8 ± 5.8 vs 24.3 ± 4.0 kg/m²) and resting energy expenditure (1327 ± 293 vs 1422 ± 243 kcal) were similar. On the other hand, the 12 GP patients who had gained weight (GW) since diagnosis had lower symptom severity (12.9 ± 4.4 vs 19.3 ± 6.3; p < 0.05), consumed more calories (1342 vs 1134 kcal; p = 0.08) and expended less calories for activity per week (406 vs 644 median kcal; p = 0.45) compared to the 17 GP patients who had lost weight or remained weight neutral (LW).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with GP, although in energy balance, consumed and expended less calories than healthy controls. A subgroup of patients with GP who were less symptomatic, gained weight because of increased caloric intake and reduced energy expenditure.
authors.affiliation: Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Sections of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Homko
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Boden
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Parkman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D002149:Energy Intake; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D018589:Gastroparesis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D015430:Weight Gain
keywords: Idiopathic gastroparesis; bodyweight; caloric intake; metabolism; physical activity