Gastric Emptying in Smokers
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 22 (9) , 1102-1104
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00365528708991965
Abstract
We investigated the gastric emptying of a small solid meal in 21 healthy middle-aged men. Nine heavy smokers and 12 non-smokers were studied with a scintigraphic technique, using 99Tc-tin colloid as a tracer. All subjects had been instructed to abstain from smoking for at least 10h before and during the examination. Smokers had on an average a shorter gastric emptying half-time (24.2 ± 8.5 min) than non-smokers (40.6 ± 14.1 min) (p < 0.01). We conclude that habitual smoking has not only acute effects on gastric emptying but also a more long-standing influence.Keywords
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