. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2010 Feb;55(2):384–391. doi: 10.1007/s10620-009-1041-8

Table 1.

Participants’ Characteristics

	Healthy	IBS-C	IBS-D	IBS-M
Number (males)	41 (0)	47 (0)	45 (3)	30 (0)
Age, years	34.0 ± 1.6	38.4 ± 1.5	35.3 ± 1.5	38.7 ± 2.3
BMI, kg/m²	25.1 ± 0.7	25.3 ± 0.5	28.8 ± 1.0	27.6 ± 0.8
Any meal related symptoms, %	2	67	71	79

BMI, body mass index.