Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2012; 18(18): 2231-2237
Published online May 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i18.2231
Table 1 Baseline subject characteristics
Healthy volunteers (n = 12)Patients with functional dyspepsia (n = 22)P value
Age (yr)24 (23-34)46 (23-59)0.0001
Height (cm)162 (154-167)160 (150-175)0.4351
Weight (kg)52.8 (44-58)55 (45-70)0.1701
Body mass index (kg/m2)20.2 (18.1-22.9)21.2 (17.6-27.3)0.1351
Growth hormone (ng/mL)0.8 (0.1-3.3)0.4 (0.01-14.7)0.3391
Insulin (μIU/mL)8.3 (2.3-14.6)8.3 (4.0-14.4)0.6391
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)82 (72-97)88.5 (70-107)0.0261
Helicobacter pylori infection rate (%)66.7 (8/12)36.4 (8/22)0.1512
1Analysis by Mann-Whitney U test;
2Analysis by Fisher’s exact test.
Table 2 Postprandial distress syndrome and epigastric pain syndrome patient characteristics
Postprandial distress syndrome (n = 13)Epigastric pain syndrome (n = 9)P value
Age (yr)46 (23-59)44 (37-58)0.7131
Height (cm)160 (154-175)161 (150-168)0.9461
Weight (kg)54 (45 -70)57 (47-62)0.8411
Body mass index (kg/m2)20.7 (17.63-27.34)22.27 (18.44-26.22)0.6401
Growth hormone (ng/mL)0.41 (0.03 -9.16)0.46 (0.01-14.72)0.4041
Insulin (μIU/mL)8.99 (4.12-14.38)7.88 (4.00-13.80)0.6641
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)92 (81-107)86 (70-95)0.1141
Helicobacter pylori infection rate (%)53.8 (7/13)11.1 (1/9)0.0742
Fasting plasma levels of acylated ghrelin (pg/mL)58.31 (30.53-139.12)49.79 (25.56-95.14)0.4431
Postprandial plasma levels of acylated ghrelin (pg/mL)35.66 (19.61-112.25)32.78 (12.35-141.16)0.6161
1Analysis by Mann-Whitney U test;
2Analysis by Fisher’s exact test.