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. 2019 Mar 6;9:3710. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40124-5

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Psychological scores in IBS patients and HV. Anxiety and depression scores were assessed using the anxiety and depression components of the HADS score, while somatization was assessed using the PHQ-15 score. The anxiety (A) (HV: 4.0 [1.5–6.0], n = 29; IBS-D: 12.5 [9.5–16.0], n = 10; IBS-C: 7.0 [5.0–13.0], n = 11; IBS-M: 10.5 [5.5–13.8], n = 8; Kruskal Wallis Test p < 0.0001; HV vs. IBS-D p < 0.001, HV vs. IBS-M p < 0.05) and depression (B) (HV: 1.0 [0–2.5], n = 29; IBS-D: 6.5 [2.0–7.3], n = 10; IBS-C: 2.0 [1.0–11.0], n = 11; IBS-M: 5/8 [3.5–8.8], n = 8; Kruskal Wallis Test p < 0.0001; HV vs. IBS-D p < 0.01, HV vs. IBS-M p < 0.01) scores for both IBS-D and IBS-M patients were significantly different from HV; no differences between subgroups was noted. Similarly, while all IBS subtypes exhibited increased somatization scores when compared to HV (C) (HV: 3.0 [1.0–5.0], n = 29; IBS-D: 18.0 [10.8–19.3], n = 10; IBS-C: 12.0 [10.0–16.0], n = 11; IBS-M: 13.0 [9.5–14.8], n = 8; Kruskal Wallis Test p < 0.0001; HV vs. IBS-D p < 0.001, HV vs. IBS-C p < 0.001, HV vs. IBS-M p < 0.01), no differences between subgroups were noted.