Table 3.

Normalized global graph measures in IBS patients compared to healthy controls.

Normalized graph measure	healthy controls	IBS patients	p-value
Sendai cohort
clustering coefficient	1.0094 ± 0.0007	1.0085 ± 0.0007	0.37
efficiency	0.9644 ± 0.0012	0.9660 ± 0.0012	0.33
betweenness centrality	0.9668 ± 0.0033	0.9651 ± 0.0032	0.70
characteristic path length	1.0519 ± 0.0019	1.0487 ± 0.0018	0.22
Gothenburg cohort
clustering coefficient	1.0077 ± 0.0006	1.0079 ± 0.0004	0.83
efficiency	0.9701 ± 0.0013	0.9695 ± 0.0009	0.73
betweenness centrality	0.9726 ± 0.0035	0.9700 ± 0.0023	0.55
characteristic path length	1.0432 ± 0.0021	1.0442 ± 0.0015	0.70

Values are averages (±SEM) of normalized graph measures; p-values from independent samples t-tests.

IBS, irritable bowel syndrome.