Table 1.

The characteristics of the FD subjects participating in the study and changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR) during the three interventions: eating, PEG-tube feeding and chewing gum.

ID	Age	ΔSBP eating	ΔSBP tube	ΔSBP chewing	ΔHR eating	ΔHR tube	ΔHR chewing	Gender	Eating	PEG-tube	Chewing
1	42	50	-	-	19	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
2	25	8	-	-	16	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
3	29	79	-	-	28	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
4	32	22	-	-	3	-	-	M	YES	NO	NO
5	25	67	-	-	14	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
6	33	87	-	-	17	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
7	36	57	-	60	28	-	14	M	YES	NO	YES
8	16	25	-	-	10	-	-	M	YES	NO	NO
9	23	-6	-	26	-1	-	-3	F	YES	NO	YES
10	18	36	-	50	28	-	20	F	YES	NO	YES
11	17	32	-	14	5	-	8	F	YES	NO	YES
12	5	60	-	-	60	-	-	M	YES	NO	NO
13	19	11	-	-	6	-	-	F	YES	NO	YES
14	38	41	-	8	17	-	5	F	YES	NO	NO
15	14	53	-	-	36	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
16	14	6	-	-	2	-	-	F	YES	NO	NO
17	5	36	2	-	23	-9	-	F	YES	YES	NO
18	18	26	-19	-	20	6	-	M	YES	YES	NO
19	20	53	23	35	37	7	3	F	YES	YES	YES
20	23	31	7	-	17	-1	-	F	YES	YES	NO
21	23	-	4	-	-	-15	-	M	NO	YES	NO
22	26	-	15	-	-	5	-	M	NO	YES	NO
23	19	-	23	-	-	-4	-	M	NO	YES	NO
24	23	-	6	-	-	-3	-	M	NO	YES	NO
25	30	-	8	-	-	6	-	M	NO	YES	NO
26	35	-	-	47	-	-	11	F	NO	NO	YES
27	21	-	-	51	-	-	14	F	NO	NO	YES
28	42	-	-	17	-	-	0	M	NO	NO	YES
29	57	-	-	11	-	-	0	F	NO	NO	YES
30	37	-	-	19	-	-	17	F	NO	NO	YES
31	22	-	-	14	-	-	11	F	NO	NO	YES
32	51	-	-	28	-	-	8	M	NO	NO	YES
33	17	-	-	38	-	-	-4	F	NO	NO	YES
34	39	-	-	25	-	-	9	F	NO	NO	YES
Mean	26	39	8	30	19	-1	8	Females:22 Males:12	N=20	N=9	N=15
SD	12	25	13	16	14	8	7