Table 4.

Score of pain presented as M, Md (IQR) experienced as drawings for apparently healthy controls and IBS patients at 0, 12, 24 wk of treatment and 6 mo after end of treatment and different qualities of pain from the pain drawing. The qualities are as marked in descending order

Pain	Baseline		12 wk		24 wk		6 mo after
	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)
AHC group	4.2	3 (4)d
IBS patients	14.4	13 (14)	13.3	11(13)	9.7	7 (8)b	10.0	9(19)b
Bodypart	Pain quality
Neck	Burning, shooting
Arm	Ache slightly, numbing, shooting
Shoulder	Twinging, ache slightly, cramping
Head	Ache slightly, twinging
Back	Ache slightly, twinging, cramping
Stomach	Numbing, cramping, twinging, rasping
Breast	Twinging, cramping, pressure
Leg	Burning, ache slightly, numbing, shooting, cramping
Foot	Numbing, pain

The higher the score is, the more the symptoms are. M denotes mean, Md = median, IQR = inter quartile range, AHC: apparently healthy controls.

^bP < 0.01,

^dP < 0.01 vs IBS patients at 0 wk.