. 2017 Feb 21;23(7):1241–1249. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i7.1241

Table 2.

Comparison of circulating levels of dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated matrix Gla-protein and ultrasound parameters (pulse-wave velocity, intima-media thickness, and vascular calcifications) in patients with or without small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

	Overall	SIBO (n = 12)	no-SIBO (n = 27)	P value
dp-ucMGP (μg/L)	4.73 (1.75-23.8)	9.5 (3.6-23.8)	4.2 (1.75-14.5)	0.004^a
PWV (m/s)	8.5 (5.7-14)	10.25 (5.7-14)	7.68 (5.6-11)	0.002^a
IMT (μm)	661 (467-1009)	596 (467-1009)	663 (506-932)	0.465
Calcifications	16 (41)	6 (50)	10 (37)	0.609

Data are expressed as median (range) or frequency (%), significant comparisons (^aP < 0.05). SIBO: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; dp-ucMGP: Dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated matrix Gla-protein; PWV: Pulse-wave velocity; IMT: Intima-media thickness.