Open AccessSeventy-five gram glucose tolerance test to assess carbohydrate malabsorption and small bowel bacterial overgrowth
Author(s) -
Yoshihisa Urita,
Susumu Ishihara,
Tatsuo Akimoto,
Hiroto Kato,
Naoyuki Hara,
Yoshiaki Honda,
Yoko Nagai,
Kazushige Nakanishi,
Nagato Shimada,
Motonobu Sugimoto,
Kazumasa Miki
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i19.3092
Subject(s) - malabsorption , medicine , endocrinology , carbohydrate , insulin , insulin resistance , gastroenterology , ingestion , excretion , breath test , helicobacter pylori
To investigate non-invasively the incidence of absorption of carbohydrates in diabetic patients during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and to determine whether malabsorption may be associated with insulin secretion and insulin resistance.