Table 3.

 Gastric compliance and distension end points in 48 dyspeptic patients with or without hypersensitivity to gastric distension

	Normal sensitivity	Hypersensitivity
Slope of gastric compliance curve (ml/mm Hg)	58 (5)	72 (8)
Intercept of gastric compliance curve (ml)	33 (15)	3 (27)
Maximal distending pressure (mm Hg above MDP)	10.2 (0.6)	4.7 (0.3)**
Corresponding intra-balloon volume (ml)	530 (35)	342 (41)**
Corresponding perception score	5.2 (0.1)	5.2 (0.1)
Corresponding pain intensity (mm)	45 (7)	57 (8)
Corresponding nausea intensity (mm)	47 (7)	52 (8)
Corresponding satiety intensity (mm)	46 (7)	60 (8)
Corresponding fullness intensity (mm)	56 (7)	62 (8)

MDP, minimal distending pressure.

**p<0.001 compared with patients with normal sensitivity to gastric distension.