Nutrient drink test: A promising new tool for irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis

Table 3 Global dyspepsia score after the high nutrient drink test in control subjects and IBS patients

HN drink-individual symptoms assessed for the global dyspepsia score		Time in min
Symptom	Group	0	5	10	15	20	25	30	45	60	120
Satiety	IBS	0.3	1.3	2.1	2.6	3	3.4	3.8	4.5	4.2	2.8
	Controls	0.3	1.2	1.7	2.4	3	3.3	3.7	4.1	3.2	1.6
Nausea1	IBS	0.3	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.7
	Controls	0	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0	0
Epigastric distension1	IBS	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.3	1.7	1.9	2.7	3.2	3.4	2.6
	Controls	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6
Epigastric pain	IBS	0.1	0.1	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	Controls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heartburn	IBS	0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.1
	Controls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Regurgitation1	IBS	0	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.6	1	0.7
	Controls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Mean scores of IBS patients and controls for individual upper GI symptoms in the first 120 min after the HN drink.

¹Variables reached significant differences. Bold number: Time points reaching significant differences. IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome; HN: High nutrient; GI: Gastrointestinal.