. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 7.

Published in final edited form as: Benef Microbes. 2018 Apr 10;9(3):345–355. doi: 10.3920/BM2017.0059

Table 1.

Trefoil Factor 3 (TFF3) Levels in Stool and Urine of Females with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

	IBS	IBS-Diarrhea n = 22	IBS-Constipation n = 12	IBS-Mixed n = 53
Stool protein (mg/g stool)	3.7 (0.2)	3.7 (0.7)	3.9 (0.9)	3.6 (0.7)
Stool TFF3 Total (ng/mg stool)	5.3 (8.8)	7.3 (13.1)	2.7 (2.2)	5.1 (7.6)
Stool TFF3/protein (ng/mg protein)	31.3 (53.2)	42.2 (77.8)	14.3 (11.0)	31.4 (46.3)
Urine, TFF3/creatinine (ng/mg creatinine)	1.1 (1.6)	1.4 (2.2)	0.9 (1.1)	1.1 (1.5)
L/M permeability	0.06 (0.04)	0.05 (0.04)	0.05 (0.03)	0.06 (0.04)

Note. Mean (SD); Stool protein, n = 89; Stool TFF3 Total, n = 89; Stool TFF3/protein, n = 86; Urine TFF3/creatinine, n = 73, L/M = lactulose/mannitol permeability, n = 81.