Table 1.

Patients' and donors' baseline characteristics. Disease type was defined according to Rome III diagnostic criteria

Patients' characteristics (n = 10)
Age, years, median (range)	40.1 (25–57)
Sex, M:F, n	7:3
Disease duration, years, median (range)	13.9 (5–40)
Disease type, n (%)
IBS-D	8 (80)
IBS-C	1 (10)
IBS-M	1 (10)
Donors' characteristics (n = 10)
Age, years, median (range)	52 (23–79)
Sex, M:F, n	4:6
Relationship, n (%)
Spouse	3 (30)
Parent	4 (40)
Sibling	3 (30)

IBS-D, IBS with diarrhea; IBS-C, IBS with constipation; IBS-M, mixed IBS.