Association Between Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Gastric Emptying in Dyspeptic Patients.

Background/aims: Association between symptoms, quality of life and gastric emptying in dyspepsia is inconsistent in the literature. The aim of our study is to investigate if gastric emptying is associated with specific symptoms and quality of life in dyspeptic patients.

Methods: We reviewed retrospectively gastric emptying measured by C-labelled octanoate breath testing for more than 6 hours in 198 consecutive patients with dyspepsia complaints.