Gastric myoelectrical activities in elderly human subjects--surface electrogastrographic observations. 1995

N Nishimura, and M Hongo, and M Yamada, and H Kawakami, and T Toyota
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.

To investigate the alteration of the gastric electrical activities by aging, we performed electrogastrography (EGG) on 13 asymptomatic young human subjects under 60 years old (the young group) and 12 subjects over 60 years (the elderly group). Surface EGG was recorded at fasting state for 30 minutes in each subject. We expressed the frequency distribution of surface EGG in each subject with the median value of frequency distribution (FMED) to represent the center of the electrical activities, and the interquartile range of frequency distribution (FIQR) as the indicator of regularity. FMED in the young group was 3.0: [2.9, 3.4] (median: [range]) cycles per minute (cpm), while it was 3.3: [3.0, 4.0] in the elderly group which showed statistically a significant difference between the groups (p = 0.01). FIQR in the young group was 0.5: [0.1, 1.8] and that in the elderly group was 0.55: [0.4, 1.7], which was not significantly different statistically. These data showed that aging increases the frequencies of the rhythm of surface EGG, without disturbing its regularity. This change may be a part of a spectrum of physiological changes accompanied with aging, and are unlikely to have clinico-pathological significance.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D004594 Electrophysiology The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.
D005260 Female Females
D005769 Gastrointestinal Motility The motor activity of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Intestinal Motility,Gastrointestinal Motilities,Intestinal Motilities,Motilities, Gastrointestinal,Motilities, Intestinal,Motility, Gastrointestinal,Motility, Intestinal
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D000375 Aging The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time. Senescence,Aging, Biological,Biological Aging

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