Volume 145, Issue 3, Pages 566-573 (September 2013) In Functional Dyspepsia, Hypersensitivity to Postprandial Distention Correlates With Meal-Related Symptom Severity Ricard Farré, Hanne Vanheel, Tim Vanuytsel, Tatsuhiro Masaoka, Hans Törnblom, Magnus Simrén, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Jan F. Tack Gastroenterology Volume 145, Issue 3, Pages 566-573 (September 2013) DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2013.05.018 Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Fasting and postprandial thresholds for discomfort during balloon distention in healthy controls and in patients with FD. ∗P < .05 compared with healthy controls, †P < .05 compared with fasting threshold. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 566-573DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.05.018) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 (A) Meal-related severity score for individual symptoms in patients with hypersensitivity and normal sensitivity to fasting gastric distention. (B) Meal-related severity score for individual symptoms in patients with hypersensitivity and normal sensitivity to postprandial gastric distention. ∗P < .05 compared with normosensitive subjects. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 566-573DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.05.018) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 (A) Relationship between sensitivity to postprandial distention and sensitivity to fasting balloon distention in patients with FD. ∗P < .05 compared with normosensitive subjects. (B) Gastric barostat volumes before and after a meal in patients with hypersensitivity and normal sensitivity to postprandial gastric distention. †P < .05 for postprandial volumes in hypersensitivity compared with normosensitivity. Gastroenterology 2013 145, 566-573DOI: (10.1053/j.gastro.2013.05.018) Copyright © 2013 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions