Table.

Baseline Gastrointestinal Symptoms Within the Previous 7 Days Before the Chili and Placebo Treatments (P > 0.05)

	Chili	Placebo
Abdominal pain	2.5 (0.3–5.0)	2.0 (0.0–4.0)
Abdominal burning	1.5 (0.0–5.0)	0.0 (0.0–5.8)
Abdominal bloating	2.0 (0.9–7.0)	2.0 (0.0–4.5)
Postprandial fecal urgency	3.2 (1.1–7.5)	2.5 (0.0–5.2)
Diarrhea	0.8 (0.0–5.6)	0.0 (0.0–4.8)
Incomplete evacuation	1.0 (0.0–6.0)	1.3 (0.0–4.5)
Global gastrointestinal symptom	4.7 (2.0–6.0)	5.0 (2.0–8.0)
Interrupted normal daily activity	7.0 (2.6–9.0)	3.4 (1.8–9.0)
Stool frequency per day	4 (3–6)	3 (2–5)
Stool consistency (BSFS 1–7)	5 (4–6)	5 (4–6)

BSFS, Bristol Stool Form Scale.

Values are median (interquartile range).