Changes in patients’ symptoms and gastric emptying after Helicobacter pylori treatment

Table 6 Comparison of gastric half-emptying time (min) of patients after treatment

Groups	Gastric half-emptying time at the proximal end	Gastric half-emptying time at the distal end	Gastric half-emptying time at whole gastric region
(1) H. pylori treatment group (n = 21)	74.0 ± 12.4	87.7 ± 13.4	80.3 ± 14.4
(2) Conventional treatment group (n = 21)	83.1 ± 15.8	97.5 ± 15.1	91.9 ± 17.2
(3) H. pylori-negative group (n = 28)	73.6 ± 11.7	88.3 ± 15.4	79.8 ± 15.9
F value	3.211	3.143	3.188
P value	0.004	0.019	0.007
(1):(2) Q value	2.076	2.225	2.37
P value	0.044	0.032	0.023
(1):(3) Q value	0.115	0.143	0.107
P value	0.909	0.887	0.915
(3):(2) Q value	2.317	2.087	2.516
P value	0.025	0.042	0.015

H. pylori: Helicobacter pylori.