The 15 g D-xylose absorption test: its application to the study of coeliac disease. Issue 1 (January 1977)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stevens, F M; Watt, D W; Bourke, M A; McNicholl, B; Fottrell, P F; McCarthy, C F
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical pathology. Volume 30:Issue 1(1977)
• Page Start: 76
• Page End: 80
• Publication Date: 1977-01
• Subjects: Pathology -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; 616.0705
• DOI: 10.1136/jcp.30.1.76
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-9746

Abstract

Abstract : The absorption of xylose following an oral load of 15 g D-xylose has been studied by serial blood levels in 17 untreated adult coeliac patients, 21 treated coeliac patients, and 30 non-coeliac patients. A statistically significant difference in xylose blood levels was found between untreated coeliac and non-coeliac patients at all the times studied, but a complete separation between these two groups occurred only at the 75 minute stage. The reproducibility of absorption was assessed by repeating the test in 16 subjects. The 95% confidence limits of the standard error of estimate are narrowest at 75 and 90 minutes.