Table 1.

Characteristics of patients treated with taVNS and sham-ES

	Sham-ES (n = 18)	taVNS (n = 18)	P Value
Age, yr	43.9 ± 3.4	44.5 ± 3.7	0.916
BMI, kg/m2	22.3 ± 0.6	21.6 ± 0.7	0.844
Sex, female %	14 (77.8)	11 (61.1)	0.347
Duration, mo	15.0 (10.0, 48.0)	12.0 (10.0, 48.0)	0.729
FD subtype (n, %)
PDS	12 (66.7)	11 (61.1)	0.768
EPS	1 (5.6)	0 (0)
PDS-EPS Overlap	5 (27.8)	7 (38.9)

n, Number of patients. BMI, body mass index; EPS, epigastric pain syndrome; FD, functional dyspepsia; PDS, postprandial distress syndrome.