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. 2026 Feb 25;15(5):1727. doi: 10.3390/jcm15051727
ACG American College of Gastroenterology
AGA American Gastroenterological Association
AMSTAR 2 A MeaSurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2
APC Article processing charge
BSG British Society of Gastroenterology
BSH Bile salt hydrolase
CCA corrected covered area
CFU colony-forming units
CI confidence interval
CONSORT Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019
IBS irritable bowel syndrome
IBS-C constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
IBS-D diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome
IBS-M mixed-type irritable bowel syndrome
ICHPPC/WONCA International Classification of Health Problems in Primary Care/World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians
IRB Institutional Review Board
MA meta-analysis
MD mean difference
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
NMA network meta-analysis
NNT number needed to treat
OR odds ratio
OSF Open Science Framework
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
PRIOR Preferred Reporting Items for Overviews of Reviews
PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews
QoL quality of life
RCT randomized controlled trial
RR risk ratio
ROBIS Risk Of Bias In Systematic reviews
SCFA short-chain fatty acids
SMD standardized mean difference
SR systematic review
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor alpha
UR umbrella review
WGO World Gastroenterology Organization