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Table 3 Correlations between irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms and faecal calprotectin in patients with ulcerative colitis and in control subjects

From: Patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis in remission do not have more irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms than controls

 

Ulcerative colitis in remission (n = 55) rs (p-value)

Controls (n = 33) rs (p-value)

Total GSRS-IBS score

0.214 (0.124)

0.190 (0.115)

Abdominal pain

0.003 (0.985)

0.084 (0.641)

Bloating

0.140 (0.308)

0.008 (0.967)

Diarrhoea

0.380 (0.004)*

0.050 (0.782)

Constipation

−0.028 (0.839)

0.142 (0.431)

Satiety

0.107 (0.443)

0.210 (0.241)

  1. *Statistically significant
  2. Ulcerative coitis in remission was defined by steroid-free clinical remission, a Mayo Score ≤ 1 on endoscopy, a fecal calprotectin ≤ 200 μg/g and no significant active inflammation on colon biopsies.
  3. GSRS-IBS Gastrointestinal symptom rating scale for irritable bowel syndrome
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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