Delayed gastric emptying of solid foods could result from progressive autonomic nerve dysfunction occurring with aging. The stomach does not seem to be the segment of the digestive tract that is primarily responsible for the alteration of total GI time.
Gastric emptying of solids is significantly delayed in elderly men; this variable must be taken into account when studies on gastric emptying rates are performed.
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