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Gastric emptying in smokers.

M Hanson1, B Lilja

  • 1Dept. of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
|November 1, 1987
PubMed
Summary

Heavy smokers exhibit significantly faster gastric emptying than non-smokers, indicating a long-standing influence of smoking on digestion. This study highlights smoking

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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Human Physiology

Background:

  • Gastric emptying influences nutrient absorption and overall digestive health.
  • Smoking is known to have acute physiological effects, but long-term impacts on gastric motility are less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of habitual smoking on the gastric emptying rate of a small solid meal in healthy middle-aged men.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized scintigraphy with 99Tc-tin colloid as a tracer to assess gastric emptying.
  • Compared gastric emptying half-time in a group of nine heavy smokers and twelve non-smokers.

Main Results:

  • Smokers demonstrated a significantly shorter gastric emptying half-time (24.2 ± 8.5 min) compared to non-smokers (40.6 ± 14.1 min).
  • Statistical analysis confirmed a significant difference (p < 0.01) between the two groups.

Conclusions:

  • Habitual smoking exerts a long-standing influence on gastric emptying, beyond acute effects.
  • This finding suggests chronic smoking alters gastrointestinal motility patterns.

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