title: Relation between clinical features and gastric emptying time in diabetic patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gastroparesis is characterized by delayed gastric emptying. This pathology is usually observed in patients with diabetes. One standard approach to quantitative assessment of gastric emptying is scintigraphic study. The aim of present study was to perform scintigraphic study of gastric emptying time in patient with diabetes and to find its correlation with patients' characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gastric emptying was assessed in 19 patients with type 2 diabetes (mean age of 61.04 ± 6.09 years) and 6 healthy volunteers. Characteristics of the patients were sex, age, duration of diabetes, blood sugar and serum HbA1c level.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results of present study revealed that gastric emptying half time was significantly larger in patients with type 2 diabetes as compared with healthy volunteers (P-value < 0.05). While correlation of sex, age, duration of diabetes and blood sugar with gastric emptying time was not statistically significant, HbA1c level had significant effect on gastric emptying time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of this prospective study indicated that level of serum HbA1c is an effecting factor on gastric emptying time in patients with type 2 diabetes; however, these preliminary findings should be validated in larger and well-designed studies.
authors: Hamid
authors: H
authors: Javadi
authors: Hoda
authors: H
authors: Bayani
authors: Mehdi
authors: M
authors: Mogharrabi
authors: Ali Mahmoud
authors: AM
authors: Pashazadeh
authors: Shahriar
authors: S
authors: Semnani
authors: Shahriar
authors: S
authors: Semnani
authors: Iraj
authors: I
authors: Nabipour
authors: The Persian Gulf Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran. assadipoya@yahoo.com.
authors: Majid
authors: M
authors: Assadi
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human