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Demographics of study subjects
Values are presented as number or mean±standard deviation. Group A: patients without gastrointestinal symptoms, Group B: patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, Group C, healthy control subjects. There were no significant differences between the 3 groups in sex ratio, mean age at visit, and mean duration of disease. M: male, F: female.
