Hypoglycemm Increases the Gastric Emptying Rate in Healthy Subjects
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes Care
- Vol. 18 (5) , 674-676
- https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.18.5.674
Abstract
OBJECTIVES To compare the gastric emptying rate during normoglycemia with that during insulin-induced hypoglycemia in healthy subjects. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In eight healthy subjects, the rate of gastric emptying of an isotope-labeled meal was assessed by a scintigraphic technique during normoglycemia and hypoglycemia, both controlled by an insulin-glucose clamp. RESULTS The mean time taken to empty 50% of the test meal from the stomach (Tg0) for the solid phase was 43.0 ± 20.0 min during normoglycemia, compared with 16.3 ± 6.6 min during hypoglycemia, P < 0.001. The mean T50 for the liquid phase was 38.0 ± 21.2 and 15.4 ± 10.6 min, respectively, P < 0.001. CONCLUSIONS Insulin-induced hypoglycemia increases the gastric emptying rate in healthy subjects.Keywords
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