Symptoms Suggestive of Gastroparesis in a Community-Based Cohort of European Americans and African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although gastroparesis is seen in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the prevalence of symptoms suggestive of gastroparesis in patients with T2DM is unknown, particularly among African Americans.

Aims

To determine the prevalence of symptoms associated with gastroparesis in a large community-based population of European Americans and African Americans with T2DM.

Methods

Individuals with T2DM in the Diabetes Heart Study were asked to complete the gastroparesis cardinal symptom index (GCSI) and other GI-related questionnaires. GCSI total score ≥ 18 represented moderate or worse symptoms suggestive of gastroparesis.

Results

A total of 1253 participants (700 female, 553 male) completed the GCSI: 750 were European American and 503 African Ameri

SUBMITTER: Brown LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature