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Objective: To explore the influence of gender, age and body mass index (BMI) on small intestinal transit time (SITT). Methods: A total of 181 patients admitted to in the Third Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital during September 2012 to December 2018 for capsule endoscopy were selected and their age, gender, BMI and SITT were analyzed. The Mann-Whitney U test was utilized to compare the differences of SITT in patients of different genders. Spearman ρ test and multiple linear regression analysis were adopted to explore the relationship between different physiological variables age, gender, BMI and patient SITT. Results: The median SITT were 267.5 minutes for females and 252.0 minutes for males. Although the median SITT was 15.5 minutes longer in women than men, no statistical significance was found (P=0.360). There was positive correlation between age and SITT (ρ=0.22, P=0.002), and negative correlation between BMI and SITT (ρ=-0.17, P=0.02). Conclusion: The differences in drug bioavailability of modified-release preparations can not be attributed to SITT among patients of different genders, but may be related to SITT among patients of different ages and BMI.
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Objective To assess gastric emptying of mixed meal in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and small intestinal transit of solid meal.Methods Gastric emptying of solid and liquid food,and small intestinal transit time of solid food were measured in patients with DM by a dual isotopic technique.Anterior and posterior images were recorded by SPECT.Results The average time of 50% gastric and proximal gastric emptying of solid food and the maximal counting time of distal gastric solid food were much longer in patients than those in controls.About 40%-44% patients exceeded normal range.The change of the average time of delay phase was not significant,but 48% patients exceeded normal range;the change of gastric emptying of liquid food was not significant.But in patients,the small intestinal transit time of solid food was significantly longer than that of healthy controls.Conclusion The average transit time of solid meal in DM patients is longer,but their gastric emptying of liquid food is normal.