Washed microbiota transplantation reduces proton pump inhibitor dependency in nonerosive reflux disease

Table 5 Results of examining the function of the intestinal mucosal barrier in the washed microbiota transplantation group

Item	Lipopolysaccharide	Diamine oxidase	D-lactate
Pre-treatment (median, IQR)	7.5 (3.6, 10.4)	4.1 (3.2, 6.5)	8.9 (7.6, 11.8)
Post-treatment (median, IQR)	10.1 (1.0, 23.6)	7.7 (2.3, 13.54)	16.3 (7.7, 18.3)
P value1	0.401	0.263	0.208

¹The results were analyzed by nonparametric Wilcoxon signed-rank test.

IQR: Interquartile range.