Bian RW, Lou QL, Gu LB, Kong AP, So WY, Ko GT, Ouyang XJ, Mo YZ, Ma RC, Chan JC, Chow CC. Delayed gastric emptying is related to cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.
Acta Gastroenterol Belg 2011;
74:28-33. [PMID:
21563651]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS
Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) is the commonest gastrointestinal (GI) complication in type 2 diabetes. We aimed to evaluate the association between DGE and cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 2 diabetes.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
A total of 71 Chinese patients (39 men and 32 women, aged 60-90 years) and 30 controls (12 men and 18 women, aged 50-79 years) were studied in Nanjing, China. The gastric emptying was assessed by 13C-octanoic acid breath test (OBT) and gastric emptying ultrasonography (GEU). Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) was assessed by a scoring system being validated before.
RESULTS
The diabetic patients, except for a higher plasma glucose level, had similar characteristics compared to the non-diabetic controls. Diabetic patients had higher incidence of DGE and CAN than controls (48.5% vs. 10.7%, p = 0.001). Among diabetic patients with DGE (n = 27), 18 (66.7%) had CAN and 9 (33.3%) did not. Corresponding figures for those without DGE (n = 39) were 14 (35.9%) and 25 (64.1%), respectively (p = 0.014). Diabetes was independently associated with the risk of DGE with odd ratio (95% CI) of 15.6 (1.92, 127.06) (p = 0.010). The presence of diabetes or CAN was independently associated with the half gastric emptying time after adjusting for age, gender, plasma glucose and blood pressure.
CONCLUSIONS
We found a much prolonged gastric emptying time in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes as compared to non-diabetic controls. There was a high rate of CAN in diabetic patients, and it was associated with gastric emptying.
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