Table 1.

IBS-SSS items of IBS-D patients recorded at V2 (diet attribution) and V5 (final study visit).

	V2 (n = 20)	V5 (n = 20)	p
Abdominal pain intensity	44.0 ± 5.1	16.4 ± 4.2	0.0016
Abdominal pain frequency	44.4 ± 6.8	17.5 ± 5.9	0.0001
Abdominal distension	46.5 ± 6.7	21.6 ± 3.8	0.0039
Dissatisfaction with bowel habits	56.7 ± 5.6	34.9 ± 6.1	0.0299
Interference with life in general	61.2 ± 3.6	35.5 ± 6.9	0.0040
Stool frequency	2.0 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.1	0.0002

Data are expressed as means ± SEM. p-Value was determined by Wilcoxon signed-rank test; differences were considered significant at p < 0.05; V2: diet attribution; V5: final study visit.