%0 Journal Article %T Caracter¨ªsticas manom¨¦tricas do esf¨ªncter esof¨¢gico inferior na diabetes tipo 2: influ¨ºncia da idade, dura£¿£¿o da diabetes e controlo da glicemia %A Jorge %A Jo£¿o Xavier %A Borges %A Cl¨¢udia Iracema %A Delgado %A Fernando Jorge %A Pan£¿o %A Edgard Augusto %A Silva %A Am¨ªlcar Lima %A Coelho %A ¨¢lvaro Correia %A Sim£¿es %A M¨¢rio Amaral %A Henriqueta %A Maria %A Resende %A Manuel Henrique %A Almeida %A Carlos Costa %J Jornal Portugu¨ºs de Gastrenterologia %D 2012 %I Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastrenterologia %X introduction: the influence of age, disease duration and hba1c levels on the lower esophageal sphincter¡¯s motility of diabetic patients is not well known. the aim of this investigation is to understand the dynamics of the ies on type 2 diabetics. material and methods: a esophageal manometry was performed to 36 diabetics between 39-81 years old. the motility of the lower esophageal sphincter (les) was evaluated. data are shown as mean¡Àstandard error. results: in the groups (<=60 years old and >60 years old), the basal pressure, percentage of relaxation (%), relaxation duration, the complete (cr), partial (pr) and absent (ar) relaxation of the were similar. patients with over 10 years of diabetes had higher % 77.1¡À4.1 than those with 10 years or less 66.3¡À2.7; p<=7 vs hba1c <=7 mmol/l, we verified that 23.4¡À2.03 vs 18.38¡À1.01; pp<=7 mmol/l. %r 77.6¡À4.0 vs 68.5¡À3.4, pr 41.13¡À9.3 vs 65.81¡À6.2, ar 3.93¡À2.1 vs 6.81¡À3.5 and 6.0¡À0.4 vs 7.3¡À0.6 were statistically similar (p>0.05). conclusion: 1- the age didn¡¯t influence the motility of the ies. 2- the %rles was higher in patients with over 10 years of diabetes. 3- diabetics with hba1c <=7 mmol/l presented higher bp and crles %K motility %K lower esophageal sphincter %K diabetes mellitus. %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0872-81782012000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en