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We have developed a magnetic resonance imaging (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content>) technique to measure intestinal volumes, transit, and motility in response to a laxative, Moviprep<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>. We aim to use these biomarkers to study the pathophysiology in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty\u2010four <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content> and 24 <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C were studied. Transit was assessed using the weighted average position score (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WAPS<\/jats:styled-content>) of five <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> marker pills, taken 24 h before <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> scanning. Following baseline scan, participants ingested 1 L of Moviprep<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> followed by hourly scans. Magnetic resonance imaging parameters and bowel symptoms were scored from 0 to 4 h.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Key Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Weighted average position score for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content> was 3.6 (2.5\u20134.2), significantly greater than <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C at 2.0 (1.5\u20133.2), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.01, indicating slower transit for FC. Functional constipation showed greater fasting small bowel water content, 83 (63\u2013142) mL <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 39 (15\u201370) mL in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01 and greater ascending colon volume (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AC<\/jats:styled-content>), 314 (101) mL <jats:italic>vs<\/jats:italic> 226 (71) mL in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content> motility index was lower at 0.055 (0.044) compared to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C, 0.107 (0.070), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01. Time to first bowel movement following ingestion of Moviprep<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup> was greater for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content>, being 295 (116\u2013526) min, compared to <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C at 84 (49\u2013111) min, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01, and correlated with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AC<\/jats:styled-content> volume 2 h after Moviprep<jats:sup>\u00ae<\/jats:sup>, <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.44, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01. Using a cut\u2010off &gt;230 min distinguishes <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content> from <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C with low sensitivity of 55% but high specificity of 95%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion &amp; Inferences<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our objective <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content> biomarkers allow a distinction between <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FC<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IBS<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010C.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/nmo.12784","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,12]],"date-time":"2016-02-12T15:08:46Z","timestamp":1455289726000},"page":"861-870","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":56,"title":["Colonic response to laxative ingestion as assessed by <scp>MRI<\/scp> differs in constipated irritable bowel syndrome compared to 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