. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Feb;55(2):384–391. doi: 10.1007/s10620-009-1041-8

Table 2.

Ileocolonic and Colonic Response to Food

	Parameter	Healthy	All IBS	IBS-C	IBS-D	IBS-M
Immediate ileocolonic response	ΔCF4h−CF3h	17.5 ± 2.8	19.7 ± 1.46	19.4 ± 2.4	23.1 ± 2.4	15.1 ± 2.8
Delayed ileocolonic response	ΔCF6h−CF4h	29.3 ± 3.2	27.34 ± 1.57	29.5 ± 2.6	24.2 ± 2.3	28.4 ± 3.6
Immediate colonic response	ΔGC8h−GC6h	0.16 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.06
Delayed colonic response	ΔGC6h-GC4h	0.56 ± 0.12	0.35 ± 0.05	0.29 ± 0.08	0.50 ± 0.09	0.26 ± 0.05

CF, colonic filling. GC, geometric center