Table 3.

Results of Stollman and Raskin RCT [14]

	High-fibre group (mean scores initial vs 3 months; n = 9)	Low-fibre group (mean scores initial vs 3 months; n = 9)	p value
Total symptom score	34.3 to 8.1	42.0 to 35.1	<0.002
Pain score	11.1 to 1.1	12.7 to 10.2	<0.02
Dyspeptic dysfunction	11.4 to 3.7	14.7 to 11.6	ns
Bowel dysfunction	11.7 to 3.3	14.9 to 13.3	ns

Symptom and pain scores were better with high-fibre diet