Chronic functional constipation is strongly linked to vitamin D deficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined intestinal motility disorders, which are disabling conditions associated with chronic functional constipation, whose pathogenesis is actually not well-defined.

Aim

To investigate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and functional chronic constipation associated to intestinal motility disorders.

Methods

We performed a prospective case-control study, from May-June to November 2017. Glucose/lactulose breath tests, radiopaque markers (multiple capsule techniques) and wireless motility capsule analysis were used to assess colonic and oro-cecal transit time, after excluding small-intestinal bacterial overgrowth condition. Then, we measured 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with intestinal motility disorders and

SUBMITTER: Panarese A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6465937 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature