| 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 |