Gastrointestinal dysfunction in liver cirrhosis

Figure 1 Gastrointestinal symptom severity assessed as gastrointestinal symptom rating scale scores (means and 95%CI) in patients with liver cirrhosis (continuous line, n = 128) and healthy controls (dashed line, n = 2162). The higher the score in gastrointestinal symptom rating scale (GSRS) the higher the severity of gastrointestinal symptoms. Adapted from the reference [25].

Figure 2 Cumulative percentage of cirrhotics with significant symptoms (n = 16, dotted line), cirrhotics without significant symptoms (n = 24, dashed line) and healthy controls (n = 11, continuous line) reaching maximum satiety during a caloric satiation drinking test. In a caloric satiation drinking test, subjects are asked to consume a liquid caloric meal at a constant rate, scoring their satiation level at 5-min intervals. The test is terminated when the subject reaches maximal satiation. Adapted from the reference [26].

Figure 3 Frequency of transit abnormalities in patients with liver cirrhosis (black bars, n = 42) and healthy controls (white bars, n = 83). Reference values were based on percentiles 10 and 90 of the transit values of healthy controls (n = 83) ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01 vs healthy controls. Adapted from the reference [76].