. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 15.

Published in final edited form as: Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2008 Jan 22;20(5):505–511. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01074.x

Table 2.

Comparison of symptoms after fructose and HFCS in controls and IBS

Median (IQR) Visual Analog Scales scores (mm)
	Bloating		Nausea		Flatulence		Pain
	F	HFCS	F	HFCS	F	HFCS	F	HFCS
Healthy subjects	3.5(0, 30.5)	0 (0, 14.0)	0 (0, 13.0)	0 (0, 9.0)	9.5 (0, 31.0)	0 (0, 19.0)	0 (0, 18.0)	0 (0, 13.0)
Patients	18.0 (1, 87)	15.0 (0, 98)	13.0 (0, 29)	7.5 (0, 40)	13.0 (1, 74)	6.0 (0, 38)	14.5 (0, 55)	10.0 (0, 56)

Values represent the cumulative symptom score recorded at six time points over 3 h (i.e. maximum = 400). F, fructose; HFCS, high fructose corn syrup; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome.