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Table 4 Gastric motility parameters in children with abdominal migraine (AM) and controls

From: Abdominal migraine in children: association between gastric motility parameters and clinical characteristics

 

AM

(n = 17)

Mean (SD)

Controls

(n = 20)

Mean (SD)

p value *

Fasting antral area (cm2)

1.8 (1.3)

0.6 (1.0)

0.005

Gastric emptying rate (%)

41.6 (13.4)

66.2 (16.5)

<0.0001

Amplitude of antral contractions (%)

57.9 (16.2)

89.0 (10.1)

<0.0001

Frequency of antral contractions (/3 min)

8.8 (0.8)

9.5 (0.8)

0.08

Antral motility index

5.0 (1.5)

8.3 (1.3)

<0.0001

  1. *Mann Whitney U test