Impaired gallbladder motility and delayed orocecal transit contribute to pigment gallstone and biliary sludge formation in β -thalassemia major adults

Figure 4 Time-course of visual analogue scale (VAS) for appetite and satiety in β -thalassemia major patients and controls. Data are mean ± SE. On the X-axis time “0” is before ingestion of test meal. Asterisks indicate significant differences of controls vs patients (0.0001 < P < 0.001, at various time-points and overall ANOVA).