Serum Indicators Reflecting Gastric Function May Also Correlate with Other Extragastric Diseases

Table 6

The correlation between gastric function indicators and Glu and HbA1C levels in serum.

Gastric function	Glu level quartiles^a					HbA1C level quartiles^b
	Q1 ()	Q2 ()	Q3 ()	Q4 ()		Q1 ()	Q2 ()	Q3 ()	Q4 ()
PGI	91.95 (72.88–116.5)	95.2 (72.6–116.03)	94.3 (72.63–122.73)	96.1 (73.1–123.8)	0.191	97.1 (87.1–121.6)	103.1 (83.58–137.73)	108 (77.6–137)	86.5 (70.2–127.05)	0.723
PGII	7.0 (5.4–11.45)	7.8 (5.5–12.98)	7.5 (5.3–13.03)	7.38 (5–11.5)	0.125	9.81 (5.89–13.4)	9.66 (6.75–12.52)	7.7 (5.6–13.4)	7.6 (4.9–10.86)	0.153
PGI/II	11.98 (9.35–15.31)	11.75 (8.48–15)	11.98 (8.67–15.33)	12.67 (9.29–16.39)	0.016	9.9 (7.29–13.4)	11.81 (9.62–13.71)	13.02 (11.1–15)	13.54 (12.05–16.22)	0.046
G17	2.05 (0.95–5.4)	2.35 (0.8–6.28)	2.1 (0.8–6.63)	2.4 (0.9–5.5)	0.608	1.85 (0.6–5.9)	3.78 (0.4–5.74)	2.6 (0.5–5.4)	1.9 (0.9–6.2)	0.549

Glu: glucose; HbA1C: glycated hemoglobin.
^aQuartile 1 (4.07–5.19 mmol/L); quartile 2 (5.20–5.53 mmol/L); quartile 3 (5.54–6.17 mmol/L); quartile 4 (6.18–18.24 mmol/L).
^bQuartile 1 (4.8–5.6 mmol/L); quartile 2 (5.7–6.1 mmol/L); quartile 3 (6.2–7.2 mmol/L); quartile 4 (7.3–11.9 mmol/L).