| HC (N = 177) | IBS (N = 318) | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Samples | |||
 16S rRNA sequencing | 174 | 312 |  |
 Metatranscriptomics | 119 | 208 |  |
 Metabolomics | 139 | 229 |  |
Gender | |||
 Male | 40% | 23% | 0.00013 |
 Female | 60% | 77% |  |
Age | 30 (23–38) | 29 (23–41) | 0.57 |
BMI | 26.9 (23.4–30.2) | 23.4 (21.0–26.0) | 3 × 10−12 |
Race/ethnicity | |||
 Non-Hispanic white | 31% | 52% | 0.00016 |
 Hispanic | 25% | 20% |  |
 African-American | 12% | 7% |  |
 Asian | 21% | 14% |  |
 Multiracial | 10% | 7% |  |
Education | |||
 Some high school | 1% | 1% | 0.12 |
 High school grad | 7% | 6% |  |
 Some college | 28% | 39% |  |
 College grad | 33% | 24% |  |
 Any postgrad | 31% | 30% |  |
Diet | |||
 Standard | 79% | 55% | 0.0005 |
 Restrictive | 8% | 30% |  |
 Other | 13% | 15% |  |
HAD-Anxiety | 3 (1–6) | 7 (4–10) | 8 × 10−14 |
HAD-Depression | 1 (0–3) | 2 (1–5) | 7 × 10−6 |
STAI Trait Anxiety | 32 (26–38) | 37 (27–44) | 0.0055 |
PILL | 4 (2–7) | 16 (11–22) | < 2 × 10−16 |
VSI | 2 (0–8) | 40 (28–54) | < 2 × 10−16 |
Bowel habit subtype | |||
 IBS-D |  | 38% |  |
 IBS-C |  | 35% |  |
 IBS-M |  | 17% |  |
 IBS-U |  | 9% |  |
IBS-SSS |  | 241 (184–312) |  |