Controls (n=10) | Patients with IBS (n=10) | p Value | |
Latency of evoked motility (min) | |||
Colon | 3.0 (0.6) | 2.8 (0.8) | NS |
Duodenum | 3.1 (0.5) | 3.0 (0.9) | |
Occurrence of phase III during first 15 min of | |||
Baseline (n) | 2 | 1 | NS |
CRH | 81-150 | 81-150 | NS |
Clustered contractions or other dysmotility after CRH (n) | 0 | 41-153 | 0.05† |
Abdominal pain or discomfort during | |||
Baseline (n) | 0 | 0 | NS |
CRH (n) | 2 | 6 | NS |
Duration of abdominal pain or discomfort (min) | 1.3 (1.0) | 20.8 (11.5) | 0.05‡ |
Area below pH 7.0 | |||
Baseline (n) | −0.84 (0.17) | −0.85 (0.13) | NS |
CRH (n) | −0.95 (0.24) | −0.68 (0.12) | NS |
Data are presented as mean (SE) or number of cases (n).
↵1-150 p<0.05 significant variation by McNemar’s test; †p<0.05 significant difference by Fisher’s exact test; ‡p<0.05 significant difference by the Mann-Whitney U test.
↵1-153 Three cases with clustered contractions and a case with retrograde phase III-like contractions.