Table 4 Densities of serotonin-, PYY- and somatostatin-immunoreactive cells in the rectum of control subjects and of IBS patients before and after receiving dietary guidance

From: Dietary guidance normalizes large intestinal endocrine cell densities in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Hormone

Endocrine cell density (cell/mm2)

P-value, before vs after guidance

 

Control

Before guidance

After guidance

 

Serotonin

37.7±10.5

31.9±6.4

19.6±4.5

0.06

PYY

32.5±5.1

38.4±5.0

31.5±3.7

0.13

Somatostatin

13.5±3.0

13.2±3.0

22.3±3.2

0.01a

  1. Abbreviations: IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; PYY, peptide YY.
  2. Data are presented as the mean±s.e.m.
  3. aP<0.05.
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