Table 1.

Comparison of gastrin levels in fasting and postprandial plasma and mucosa of gastricantrum and duodenum in FD patients and normal controls (mean±SD).

Group	n	Plasma (pg/mL)		Mucosa (ng/g ww)
		Fasting	Postprandial	Gastric antrum	Duodenum
FDD	29	33.64±6.71	50.24±10.62d	11.23±2.34	5.31±1.04e
FDN	25	36.61±7.84	42.76±8.64ac	9.97±3.12	4.97±0.96e
Normal controls	17	32.93±8.01	39.17±9.55bc	0.13±2.86	4.89±1.23e

FDD: FD patients with delayed gastric emptying FDN: FD patients with normal gastric emptying

^aP<0.05 vs FDD,

^bP <0.01 vs FDD,

^cP<0.05 vs fasting plasma,

^dP<0.01 vs fasting plasma

^eP<0.01 vs gastric antral mucosa.