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Table 1 Characteristics of the study cohort

From: Diet and gut microbiome interactions of relevance for symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome

 

Healthy controls

Individuals with IBS

N

52

149

Female

32 (62%)

105 (70%)

Age (year)

28 [26–37]

31 [25–43]

BMI (kg/m2)

22.4 [20.65–24.50]

22.39 [20.64–24.95]

Mild IBS symptoms (IBS-SSS)

N/A

24 (16%)

Moderate IBS symptoms (IBS-SSS)

N/A

50 (34%)

Severe IBS symptoms (IBS-SSS)

N/A

65 (44%)

Gut metagenomic profile only

26 (50%)

33 (22%)

Dietary profile only

16 (31%)

47 (32%)

Gut metagenomic and dietary profiles

10 (19%)

69 (46%)

  1. BMI, body mass index; IBS-SSS, IBS Severity Scoring System; N/A, not applicable; dasta are shown as n (percentage) or median [interquartile range]. IBS-SSS was not available for 10 IBS patients