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Table 1 MGET (mean gastric emptying time), MCAT (Mean cecum arrival time) and MSITT (mean small intestinal transit time) in minutes for liquid and solid meals calculated using statistical moments

From: Employment of a noninvasive magnetic method for evaluation of gastrointestinal transit in rats

 

Liquid meal

Solid meal

Rat

MGET

MCAT

MSITT

MGET

MCAT

MSITT

1

119

209

90

118

263

145

2

100

194

94

125

181

56

3

83

194

111

111

173

62

4

91

184

93

158

284

126

5

92

231

138

203

334

131

6

112

206

94

129

228

99

Mean

100

203

103

141*

244*

103

SD

14

16

19

35

62

37

  1. Mean ± SD (min); * P < 0.04 vs. liquid meal.