Maximum tolerated volume in drinking tests with water and a nutritional beverage for the diagnosis of functional dyspepsia

Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

	FD patients (n = 20)	Controls (n = 20)	P
Age (yr)	34±15	31±9	NS
Gender (M/F)	4/16	4/16	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	23±2.8	23±2.3	NS

BMI: body mass index.

Table 2 Symptom scores for the water test.

	Bloating	Nausea	Satiety	Pain	Total
FD patients	31.1±16.9	17.8±22.5	41.5±20.5	26.1±27	90.4±11.8
Controls	6.8±7.7	7.5±5.2	12.5±11.1	2.0±2.8	28.8±3.7
P	<0.001	NS	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Note: symptoms are shown as mean ± SD.

Table 3 Symptom scores for the Nutren^® test.

	Bloating	Nausea	Satiety	Pain	Total
FD patients	51.5±18.8	45.5±23.4	76.9±47.1	13.2±14.7	186.7±26.1
Controls	19.4±7.4	15.3±8.6	25.2±9.2	4.2±2.9	64.1±8.9
P	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.01	<0.001

Note: symptoms are shown as mean ± SD.