Gastric transit and small intestinal transit time and motility assessed by a magnet tracking system

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Fasting and postprandial motility for two hours after pyloric passage

Subject ID	Fasting								Postprandial
	Fast movements (> 15 cm min^-1)		Slow movements (< 15 cm min^-1)		Very slow movements (< 1.5 cm min^-1)		Mean contraction frequency (min^-1)	Mean progression velocity (cm min^-1)	Fast movements (> 15 cm min^-1)		Slow movements (< 15 cm min^-1)		Very slow movements (< 1.5 cm min^-1)		Mean contraction frequency (min^-1)	Mean progression velocity (cm min^-1)
	(cm)	(min)	(cm)	(min)	(cm)	(min)			(cm)	(min)	(cm)	(min)	(cm)	(min)
1	111	4	33	17	43	99	9.78	1.6	91	3	79	36	18	81	10.32	1.6
2	100	4	29	12	40	104	9.48	1.4	71	2	79	36	18	82	10.25	1.4
3	58	2	14	10	22	108	9.32	0.8	97	3	21	8	46	109	10.72	1.4
4	162	5	77	35	42	80	10.27	2.3	143	5	11	6	41	109	9.33	1.6
5	56	2	43	19	14	99	10.14	0.9	83	4	59	27	30	89	10.56	1.4
6	79	3	108	44	45	73	9.92	1.9	219	8	85	42	39	70	11.04	2.9
7	65	2	45	20	34	98	10.14	1.2	108	5	31	16	39	99	11.00	1.5
8	95	4	49	20	11	96	10.15	1.3	88	3	6	4	25	113	11.02	1.0
Median	87	3.5	44	19.5	37	98.5	9.90	1.4	94	3.5	45	21.5	34.5	94	10.53	1.5

Progression (cm) and duration (min) of fast (> 15 cm min-1), slow (between 1.5 and 15 cm min-1), and very slow (< 1.5 cm min-1) movements during fast and after a standard meal. The mean progression velocities during two hours are also given.

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