Table 3

Prevalence of delayed gastric emptying using various parameters

ParameterPrevalence
Scintigraphy
 Scintigraphic t50 (≥89.8 min)38% (9/24)
 Retention at 60 min (>73%)38% (9/24)
 Retention at 120 min (>32%)50% (12/24)
 Retention at 180 min (>13%)54% (12/23)
Breath test
 BTt50 (>99.5 min)57% (13/23)
 GEC (<3.03)55% (12/22)
Gastric residual volumes (GRVs)
 GRV>150 ml in 24 h46% (10/22)
 GRV>250 ml in 24 h27% (6/22)
  • BT, breath test; GEC, gastric emptying coefficient; t50, half emptying time.