Transit Parameters
| Transit parameter | Mean | Median | SD | Range | 95% confidence interval | Skewness | Normality* |
| Esophageal emptying (%) | 92.3 | 93.5 | 4.8 | 83.1–98.6 | 89.7, 94.8 | −0.7 | 0.07 |
| Esophageal transit time (s) | 8.8 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 3.5−15.0 | 7.1, 10.5 | 0.4 | 0.72 |
| Liquid-only half-time (min) | 14.3 | 13.5 | 5.3 | 4.4–22.4 | 11.5, 17.2 | 0.1 | 0.36 |
| Liquid–solid combined | |||||||
| Liquid half-time (min) | 38.8 | 33.9 | 15.6 | 19.5–67.8 | 30.6, 47.0 | 0.6 | 0.04 |
| Liquid 0.5-h percentage emptying | 50.1 | 50.5 | 16.7 | 27.0–82.0 | 41.8, 58.4 | 0.1 | 0.15 |
| Liquid 1.0-h percentage emptying | 65.2 | 67.0 | 12.9 | 45.0–90.0 | 58.8, 71.6 | −0.1 | 0.42 |
| Liquid 1.5-h percentage emptying | 78.7 | 77.5 | 9.0 | 74.2–83.1 | 74.2, 83.1 | 0.4 | 0.29 |
| Liquid 2.0-h percentage emptying | 88.3 | 89.0 | 5.2 | 75.0–95.0 | 85.7, 90.9 | −1.1 | 0.05 |
| Liquid 3.0-h percentage emptying | 93.6 | 94.5 | 2.5 | 89.0–97.0 | 92.4, 94.8 | −0.8 | 0.02 |
| Liquid 4.0-h percentage emptying | 95.3 | 96.0 | 2.1 | 90.0–98.0 | 94.3, 96.4 | −0.9 | 0.13 |
| Solid half-time (min) | 87.7 | 88.3 | 23.8 | 31.3– 130.9 | 75.9, 99.6 | −0.4 | 0.91 |
| Solid 0.5-h percentage emptying | 17.5 | 14.0 | 11.7 | 3.0–51.0 | 11.7, 23.3 | 1.5 | 0.02 |
| Solid 1.0-h percentage emptying | 31.1 | 32.0 | 17.9 | 7.0–80.0 | 21.6, 40.6 | 1.1 | 0.09 |
| Solid 1.5-h percentage emptying | 52.5 | 50.0 | 20.0 | 21.0–89.0 | 42.6, 62.5 | 0.1 | 0.70 |
| Solid 2.0-h percentage emptying | 75.6 | 80.5 | 14.6 | 44.0–97.0 | 68.4, 82.9 | −0.9 | 0.14 |
| Solid 3.0-h percentage emptying | 94.6 | 95.0 | 3.8 | 83.0–99.0 | 92.6, 96.4 | −1.7 | 0.01 |
| Solid 4.0-h percentage emptying | 97.7 | 98.5 | 3.1 | 86.0–100.0 | 96.1, 99.2 | −3.6 | <0.0001 |
| SBTI (%) | 77.3 | 78.5 | 14.0 | 53.0–98.0 | 70.3, 84.2 | 0.3 | 0.36 |
| Colon GC (24 h) | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 2.9–6.7 | 3.6, 4.8 | 0.9 | 0.04 |
| Colon GC (48 h) | 5.8 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 3.8–6.9 | 5.2, 6.4 | −0.8 | 0.01 |
| Colon GC (72 h) | 6.5 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 5.2–6.9 | 6.2, 6.8 | −1.4 | 0.0003 |
| Colon % emptying (24 h) | 26.6 | 20.5 | 25.2 | 3.0–92.0 | 14.1, 39.1 | 1.9 | 0.0003 |
| Colon % emptying (48 h) | 59.4 | 72.0 | 34.9 | 11.0–98.0 | 41.5, 77.4 | −0.3 | 0.004 |
| Colon % emptying (72 h) | 77.9 | 87.0 | 22.8 | 31.0–98.0 | 66.6, 89.3 | −1.2 | 0.001 |
↵* Shapiro–Wilk test.