Table 4.

Most Problematic Food-induced Gastrointestinal Symptoms Reported by Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients With Self-reported Food Intolerance (n = 80)

Most problematic symptoms	Most problematic foods
	Gluten foods (n = 19)	Spicy foods (n = 12)	High-fat foods (n = 20)	Dairy products (n = 12)	Others (n = 17)
Loose stool/diarrhea (29 [36.3%])	3 (15.8)	4 (33.3)	10 (50.0)	7 (58.3)	5 (29.4)
Gas distension/bloating (23 [28.8%])	9 (47.4)	3 (25.0)	2 (10.0)	3 (25.0)	6 (35.3)
Abdominal pain (12 [15.0%])	1 (5.3)	5 (41.7)	2 (10.0)	2 (16.7)	2 (11.8)
Epigastric fullness (10 [12.5%])	4 (21.1)	0 (0.0)	4 (20.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (11.8)
Others (4 [5.0%])	1 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)
Missing (2 [2.5%])	1 (5.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (5.9)

Values are presented as n (%).