Table 2 Symptoms after intake of lactose in patients with and without lactose malabsorption (LM).
From: A comparison of diagnostic tests for lactose malabsorption - which one is the best?
Symptoms | LM (N = 7) | Not LM (N = 52) | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
Pain/discomfort all | 5/7 (71%) | 21/52 (40%) | p = 0.223 |
Pain/discomfort-ELL | 5/7 (71%) | 8/52 (15%) | p = 0.004 |
Borborygmi all | 5/7 (71%) | 25/52 (48%) | ns (p = 0.424) |
Borborygmi-ELL | 5/7 (71%) | 8/51 (16%) | p = 0.005 |
Bloating all | 5/7 (71%) | 24/52 (46%) | ns (p = 0.254) |
Bloating-ELL | 5/7 (71%) | 8/51 (16%) | p = 0.005 |
Diarrhoea all | 4/7 (57%) | 16/52 (31%) | ns (p = 0.213) |
Diarrhoea-ELL | 3/7 (43%) | 4/51 (8%) | p = 0.032 |
Constipation all | 0/7 (0%) | 4/52 (8%) | ns (p = 1.00) |
Constipation-ELL | 0/7 (0%) | 4/52 (8%) | ns (p = 1.00) |
Any symptom | 6/7 (86%) | 32/52 (62%) | ns (p = 0.40) |
Any symptom-ELL | 6/7 (86%) | 11/51 (22%) | p = 0.002 |