BACKGROUND Few studies have examined intestinal motility disorders, which are disabling conditions associated with chronic functional constipation, whose pathogenesis is actually not *** To investigate the relationshi...
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BACKGROUND Few studies have examined intestinal motility disorders, which are disabling conditions associated with chronic functional constipation, whose pathogenesis is actually not *** To investigate the relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and functional chronic constipation associated to intestinal motility *** We performed a prospective case-control study, from May-June to November2017. Glucose/lactulose breath tests, radiopaque markers(multiple capsule techniques) and wireless motility capsule analysis were used to assess colonicand 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 we further evaluated the influence of intestinal motility disorders on psychological symptoms/quality of life using validated questionnaires, the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of life(IBS-QOL), the Short Form Health Survey 12, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 14(HADS-14 A and HADS-14 D).RESULTS We enrolled 86 patients with chronic functional constipation associated to intestinal motility disorders and 86 matched healthy subjects. Patients with intestinal motility disorders had lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels(P < 0.001), and they showed a significant impairment of all health-related quality of life and psychological tests(IBS-QOL, Short Form Health Survey 12-Physical Component Summary, Short Form Health Survey 12-Mental Component Summary, HADS-14 A and HADS-14 D), as compared to the control group(P < 0.001), which significantly correlated with low vitamin D levels(r =-0.57, P < 0.001; r = 0.21, P = 0.01; r =-0.48, P < 0.001; r =-0.57, P < 0.001; r =-0.29, P < 0.001, respectively). At multivariate analysis vitamin D low levels remained a significant independent risk factor for the occurrence of intestinal motility disorder(odds ratio = 1.19; 95% confidence interval: 1.14-1.26, P < 0.001).CONC
BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori(***)infection has been associated with a long-term risk of precancerous gastric conditions(PGC)even after *** *** To investigate the efficacy of High-Resolution White-Light Endoscopy wit...
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori(***)infection has been associated with a long-term risk of precancerous gastric conditions(PGC)even after *** *** To investigate the efficacy of High-Resolution White-Light Endoscopy with Narrow-Band Imaging in detecting PGC,before/after *** *** We studied 85 consecutive patients with ***-related gastritis with/without PGC before and 6 mo after proven *** ***-Takemoto modified and endoscopic grading of gastric intestinal metaplasia classifications,were applied to assess the endoscopic extension of atrophy and intestinal *** histological result was considered to be the gold *** Sydney System,the Operative-Link on Gastritis-Assessment,and the Operative-Link on Gastric-Intestinal Metaplasia were used for defining histological gastritis,atrophy and intestinal metaplasia,whereas dysplasia was graded according to World Health Organization *** anti-parietal cell antibody and anti-intrinsic factor were measured when autoimmune atrophic gastritis was *** After *** eradication histological signs of mononuclear/polymorphonuclear cell infiltration and Mucosal Associated Lymphoid Tissue-hyperplasia,disappeared or decreased in 100%and 96.5%of patients respectively,whereas the Operative-Link on Gastritis-Assessment and Operative-Link on Gastric-Intestinal Metaplasia stages did not ***-Grade Dysplasia prevalence was similar on random biopsies before and after *** eradication(17.6%vs 10.6%,P=0.19),but increased in patients with visible lesions(0%vs 22.4%,P<0.0001).At a multivariate analysis,the probability for detecting dysplasia after resolution of ***-related active inflammation was higher in patients with regression or reduction of Mucosal Associated Lymphoid Tissue hyperplasia,greater alcohol consumption,and anti-parietal cell antibody and/or anti-intrinsic factor positivity[odds ratio(OR)=3.88,95%confidence i
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