Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics of the participants.

Characteristic	Healthy volunteers	Patients with functional dyspepsia
Gender, female:male	12:13 (48% female)	18:7 (72% female)
Age, years (range)	24.6 ± 1.2 (18–45)	38.3 ± 2.9 (18–57) a
Dyspeptic symptoms, Dyspepsia symptom score	1 (0–2)	11 (8–13)b
Body mass index, kg/m2	22.9 ± 0.6	23.5 ± 0.8

Data are mean ± SEM or median (interquartile range); N = 25 for both groups.

^ap < 0.05. ^bp < 0.0001.