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. 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 3.

Comparison of symptoms and breath hydrogen responses in controls and IBS

Variable Controls
(n = 20)		 Patients
(n = 30)
Normal fructose breath test 7 (35) 9 (30)
 Number with symptoms 2/7 (28) 3/9 (33)
Abnormal fructose breath test 13 (65) 21 (70)
 Number with symptoms 5/13 (38) 12/21 (57)
Normal HFCS breath test 16 (80) 21 (70)
 Number with symptoms 2/16 (12) 12/21 (57)
Abnormal HFCS breath test 4 (20) 9 (30)
 Number with symptoms 0/4 (0) 2/9 (22)

Values in parenthesis are in percentage. IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; HFCS, high fructose corn syrup.