Table 1.

Symptoms routinely leading to consideration of a diagnostic test for bile acid diarrhoea

Symptoms	% of respondents
Always having loose stools	86
Frequency of bowel movements >6×/day	86
Frequency of bowel movements 3–6×/day	81
Intermittent loose stools	76
Faecal urgency at least weekly	67
Faecal incontinence at least weekly	62