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Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Mar 17;104(4):912–919. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2009.13

Table 3. Comparison of Responders to Non-responders on IBS-AR.

	No Adequate Relief (n=130)		Adequate Relief (n=119)

	Mean	CI	Mean	CI
IBS-SSS at 3 weeks FU (0-300 scale)	251.8	237.6, 266.1	168.5	155.0, 182.0
Pain rating (0-100)	32.3	27.8, 36.8	19.7	15.9, 23.4
Pain days in last 10 (0-10)	5.0	4.4, 5.6	3.4	2.9, 3.8
Distention rating (0-100)	36.6	31.3, 41.8	21.4	17.3, 25.4
Dissatisfaction w/Bowel Habits (0-100)	73.5	70.2, 76.7	50.7	47.2, 54.3
Interfere w/Daily activities (0-100)	59.0	55.6, 62.3	43.3	39.6, 47.0
Change in IBS-SSS	28.0	16.3, 39.7	94.2	80.6, 107.7
IBS-QOL at week 3 (0-100)^*	78.4	74.2, 82.5	71.7	67.4, 76.0
Change in IBS-QOL	4.9	2.8, 7.1	13.7	10.5, 17.0
IBS-SSS at baseline (0-500 scale)^†	279.8	267.8, 291.8	262.6	249.7, 275.6
IBS-QOL at baseline (0-100 scale) ^†	83.3	79.1, 87.5	85.2	80.4, 90.1

^†

Comparison significant at P>0.05

at P<0.05, and other comparisons significant at P<0.001.