| Table 2: Area under the curve for breath hydrogen concentrations, calculated by summing squares and triangles under the curves obtained at each half-hour interval, for 20 pregnant women with lactose malabsorption* | ||
| Area under the curve | ||
| Subject | During pregnancy | Post partum |
| 1 | 5 303 | 5 348 |
| 2 | 1 500 | 3 815 |
| 3 | 3 900 | 5 895 |
| 4 | 4 290 | 8 508 |
| 5 | 10 185 | 15 615 |
| 6 | 1 215 | 10 276 |
| 7 | 3 690 | 750 |
| 8 | 3 330 | 10 335 |
| 9 | 1 785 | 7 605 |
| 10 | 2 348 | 3 075 |
| 11 | 1 695 | 2 745 |
| 12 | 5 550 | 7 590 |
| 13 | 2 175 | 3 990 |
| 14 | 4 050 | 4 035 |
| 15 | 6 660 | 5 415 |
| 16 | 3 345 | 8 850 |
| 17 | 105 | 2 400 |
| 18 | 0 | 1 425 |
| 19 | 0 | 4 515 |
| 20 | 705 | 1 020 |
| Mean (and standard error of the mean) | 3 094.0 (567.0) | 5 660.4 (839.5)# |
| *The final 4 subjects were initially considered not to have malabsorption, but were reclassified.
#Significant difference (p = 0.001). | ||