Table 2.

 Demographic features in 48 dyspeptic patients with or without hypersensitivity to gastric distension

	Normal sensitivity	Hypersensitivity
Age (y)	44 (2)	31 (3)*
Female sex (%)	20 (71%)	15 (75%)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	20.5 (0.6)	21.7 (0.7)
MDP (mm Hg)	7.3 (0.5)	5.6 (0.4)*
Hp positive (%)	2 (7)	1 (5)
Impaired accommodation (%)	8 (29)	4 (20)
Delayed gastric emptying (%)	7 (25)	4 (19)

MDP, minimal distending pressure; Hp, Helicobacter pylori.

*p<0.05 compared with patients with normal sensitivity to gastric distension.