Table 2. Baseline characteristics of participants.

		All Participants		Irritable Bowel Syndrome		Inflammatory Bowel Disease
		N = 48		N = 19 (40%)		N = 29 (60%)
		%	N	%	N	%	N
Gender (%)
Female		67	32	79	15	59	17
Male		33	16	21	4	41	12
Race/Ethnicity (%)
White		96	46	95	18	97	28
Other		4	2	5	1	3	1
Education (%)
High-school		10	5	11	2	10	3
Some College/Bachelors		52	25	42	8	59	17
4-year degree		38	18	47	9	31	9
Marital status (%)
Single/Never married		54	26	58	11	52	15
Married		38	18	32	6	41	12
Divorced/Widowed		8	4	10	2	7	2
Diagnosis Subtypes*
IBS Subtypes	Constipation	15	7	37	7
	Diarrhea	15	7	37	7
	Mixed	10	5	26	5
IBD Subtypes	Crohn's Disease	25	12			41	12
	Ulcerative Colitis	35	17			59	17

*No significant differences were found at baseline between subtypes of IBS and IBD, respectively.