Table 1.
| Table 1A. Participants’ characteristics in assessment of inter- and intra-subject variation in transit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy volunteers | IBS-C | IBS-D | IBS-M | |
| N | 17 | 48 | 33 | 5 |
| Age, years | 37.6 ± 2.9 | 38.5 ± 1.5 | 38.1 ± 2.5 | 39.4 ± 4.6 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.0 ± 1.0 | 25.3 ± 0.6 | 27.8 ± 1.1 | 26.9 ± 1.5 |
| CF6h, % | 58.4 ± 7.2 | 48.4 ± 4.5 | 51.9 ± 5.0 | 52.4 ± 13.3 |
| GC24h | 2.50 ± 0.25 | 1.95 ± 0.11 | 3.06 ± 0.18 | 2.41 ± 0.28 |
| GC48h | 3.54 ± 0.29 | 2.79 ± 0.14 | 4.33 ± 0.15 | 4.51 ± 0.23 |
| Table 1B. Participants’ characteristics in assessment of relationship of transit and bowel functions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy volunteers | IBS-C | IBS-D | IBS-M | |
| N | 46 | 75 | 68 | 4 |
| Age, years | 34.6 ± 1.3 | 38.6 ± 1.1 | 43.8 ± 1.7 | 42.1 ± 6.4 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 24.1 ± 0.5 | 25.7 ± 0.5 | 28.6 ± 1.0 | 27.4 ± 2.0 |
| Stool form | 3.7 ± 0.1 | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 4.2 ± 0.2 | 4.5 ± 0.4 |
| Stool frequency | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.2 | 2.2 ± 0.3 |
| Ease of passage | 4.0 ± 0.03 | 3.5 ± 0.1 | 4.1 ± 0.1 | 4.6 ± 0.15 |
BMI, body mass index. CF, colonic filling. GC, geometric center.
BMI, body mass index.