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Table 5.

SCL90 score from 21 apparently healthy controls and 21 IBS patients at 0, 12 and 24 wk of treatment and 6 mo after end of treatment

Category	Before treatment		After 12 wk		After 24 wk		6 mo after end of treatment
	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)
AHC
Totally	0.3	0 (0)^d
Obsessive-compulsive	0.4	0 (1)^d
Sensitivity	0.3	0 (0)^d
Depression	0.4	0 (1)^d
Anxiety	0.4	0 (0)^d
Hostility	0.2	0 (0)^d
Phobic anxiety	0.01	0 (0)^d
Paranoid ideation	0.2	0 (0)^d
Psychotisism	0.1	0 (0)^d
Somatisation	0.2	0 (0)^d
Others	0.4	0 (1)^d

IBS patients
Totally	1.0	0 (2)	0.9	0 (1)^d	0.6	0 (1)^d	0.7	0 (1)^d
Obsessive-compulsive	1.3	1 (2)	1.1	1 (2)^b	0.8	0 (1)^d	0.9	0 (1)^d
Sensitivity	0.9	1 (1)	0.6	0 (1)^d	0.4	0 (1)^d	0.5	0 (1)^d
Depression	1.3	1 (2)	1.2	1 (2)	0.8	0 (1)^d	0.9	1 (2)^d
Anxiety	0.9	1 (2)	1.0	0 (2)	0.8	0 (1)^a	0.8	0 (1)^b
Hostility	0.5	0 (1)	0.3	0 (0)^b	0.3	0 (0)^d	0.3	0 (0)^b
Phobic anxiety	0.2	0 (0)	0.2	0 (0)	0.2	0 (0)^a	0.2	0 (0)
Paranoid ideation	0.8	0 (1)	0.5	0 (1)^d	0.4	0 (1)^d	0.3	0 (1)^d
Psychotisism	0.4	0 (1)	0.3	0 (0)^a	0.2	0 (0)^d	0.2	0 (0)^b
Somatisation	1.7	2 (3)	1.5	1 (3)^a	1.2	1 (2)^d	1.3	1 (2)^d
Other	1.2	1 (2)	1.2	1 (2)	0.9	0 (1)^d	0.9	0 (2)^b

The result is shown totally and as items categorised. The higher score the more symptoms. M denotes mean, MD: median; IQR: inter quartile range; AHC: apparently healthy controls.

P < 0.05,

P < 0.01,

P < 0.001 vs IBS patients at 0 wk.