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

Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2010 Mar 17;139(1):249–258. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.03.032

Table 3.

Characterization of mucosal inflammation in patients with IBS or FD

	IBS	Controls	IBS vs Controls	FD	Controls	FD vs Controls
IEL	6.0 (4.1 – 14.6)	6.1 (1.0 – 10.2)	NS	8.5 (4.2 – 14.3)	6.8 (3.2 – 10.3)	NS
Lymphocytes	48.5 (18 – 126)	44.2 (29 – 104)	NS	43.7 (20 -60)	49 (17 -87)	NS
Neutrophils	0.0 (0 – 2)	0.0 (0 – 1)	NS	0.0 (0 – 1)	0.0 (0 – 1)	NS
Eosinophils	0.0 (0 – 0)	0.0 (0 – 1)	NS	0.0 (0 – 0)	0.0 (0 – 0)	NS

Data are expressed as median and range. Intraepithelial lymphocytes are expressed per 100 epithelial cells and lymphocytes, neutrophils and eosinophils as the number of cells per high power field.

IBS: irritable bowel syndrome; FD : functional dyspepsia; IEL : intraepithelial lymphocytes