Table 1.

Proportion of total fecal BAs excreted and absolute values for individual BAs excreted in 48 hours (data show mean ± SD)

Individual BA (% or µmol/48h)	Healthy volunteers (n=25)	IBS-C (n=27)	Wilcoxon Rank Sum test
% LCA	39 ± 14	51 ± 19	Z= 2.12, p = 0.0337*
% CDCA	0.0 ± 1.0	1.0 ± 1.3	Z= −1.84, p = 0.07
% DCA	59 ± 14	48 ± 19	Z= −2.22, p = 0.027*
% UDCA	1.0 ± 2.0	0.0 ± 0.2	Z= −0.81, p = 0.42
% CA	1.0 ± 1.0	1.0 ± 2.7	Z= −0.30, p = 0.76
LCA µmol/48h	297.7 ± 291.4	204.8 ± 188.2	Z = −1.23, p = 0.22
CDCA µmol/48h	5.56 ± 10.13	1.89 ± 4.0	Z = −1.88, p = 0.06
DCA µmol/48h	500.81 ± 564.3	354.9 ± 691.1	Z= −1.8, p = 0.07
UDCA µmol/48h	9.04 ± 23.11	0.46 ± 0.9	Z = −1.49, p = 0.14
CA µmol/48h	6.02 ± 10.82	3.77 ± 8.5	Z = −1.12, p = 0.26