Dietary intakes in people with irritable bowel syndrome

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 1 Characteristics of the 104 participants by IBS subtype and gender

	All participants n = 104	IBS subtype†			Gender‡
		Type A n = 42	Type C n = 23	Type D n = 39	Men n = 23	Women n = 81
Age, years *(mean ± SD)*	33.3 ± 13.90	32.1 ± 12.97	33.4 ± 12.79	34.6 ± 15.63	43.3 ± 15.49	30.5 ± 12.08*
BMI, kgm ^-2 *(mean ± SD)*	24.1 ± 4.48	23.0 ± 3.75	24.1 ± 3.81	25.3 ± 5.30	25.7 ± 4.32	23.7 ± 4.45
Total symptom severity *(mean ± SD)*	250 ± 75.7	256 ± 63.0	244 ± 83.9	250 ± 83.9	223 ± 74.7	258 ± 74.8

† Differences between IBS subtypes analysed by one way analysis of variance. There was no significant difference in age, BMI or total symptom severity between the 3 IBS subtypes (A-alternating, C- constipation, D- diarrhoea).
‡ Differences between genders analysed by unpaired students t-test. * P < 0.05

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