Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of three irritable bowel syndrome-subtypes n (%)
| Baseline characteristics | IBS-C | IBS-D | IBS-M | P value |
| (n = 54) | (n = 56) | (n = 121) | ||
| Age (yr) (mean ± SD) | 45.4 (16.0) | 42.8 (15.3) | 41.3 (14.9) | 0.250 |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 7 (13.0) | 5 (9.8) | 36 (29.8) | 0.0021 |
| Female | 47 (87.0) | 51 (90.2) | 85 (70.2) |
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There was significant difference between gender distribution of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-mixed (IBS-M) vs IBS-constipation (IBS-C) (P = 0.02) and IBS-M vs IBS- diarrhea (IBS-D) (P = 0.002).