Figure 2

Time-course of percentage antral area as index of gastric emptying (top panel) and of gallbladder volume (bottom panel) in SSc patients (white circles), healthy controls (black circles) and in dyspeptic controls (white squares) after ingestion of the standard liquid meal. Symbols indicate mean values while vertical lines indicate SE values at each time-point. Top panel (gastric emptying): *P < 0.01 SSc patients and dyspeptic controls vs healthy controls from time 10 minutes to time 120 minutes, and SSc patients vs dyspeptic controls from time 40 minutes to time 120 minutes (ANOVA followed by Fisher's LSD test). Bottom panel (gallbladder emptying): *P < 0.05 dyspeptic vs healthy controls from time 60 minutes to time 120 minutes, and SSc patients vs healthy controls from time 90 minutes to time 120 minutes (ANOVA followed by Fisher's LSD test).