Preliminary prospective study of real-time post-gastrectomy glycemic fluctuations during dumping symptoms using continuous glucose monitoring

Table 3 Details of late dumping symptoms in all patients, n (%)

	Late dumping symptoms
	All, N-symp = 62	DG-BI, N-symp = 28	DG-RY, N-symp = 12	TG-RY, N-symp = 22	P value
Cold sweat	9 (14.5)	3 (10.7)	2 (16.7)	4 (18.2)	0.73
Drowsiness	8 (12.9)	3 (10.7)	1 (8.3)	4 (18.2)	0.64
Diarrhea	8 (12.9)	5 (17.9)	3 (25.0)	0 (0)	0.06
Weakness	6 (9.7)	3 (10.7)	0 (0)	3 (13.6)	0.42
Bloating	6 (9.7)	3 (10.7)	1 (8.3)	2 (9.1)	0.96
Abdominal pain	6 (9.7)	1 (3.6)	3 (25.0)	2 (9.1)	0.10
Borborygmi	5 (8.1)	3 (10.7)	2 (16.7)	0 (0)	0.18
Palpitations	4 (6.5)	1 (3.6)	0 (0)	3 (13.6)	0.21
Tremulousness	4 (6.5)	2 (7.1)	0 (0)	2 (9.1)	0.57
Others	6 (9.7)	4 (14.3)	0 (0)	2 (9.1)	0.37

DG-BI: Distal gastrectomy with Billroth I reconstruction; DG-RY: Distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction; N-symp: Total number of dumping symptoms; TG-RY: Total gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction.