Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients

Variable	Groups		P value
	Control (N = 33)	Intervention (N = 34)
Gender (N; male/female)	9/24	13/21	0.44
Age (years; mean ± SD)	43.45 ± 10.35	44.41 ± 11.25	0.95
BMI (Kg/m2; mean ± SD)	22.71 ± 3.19	22.27 ± 2.95	0.57
IBS duration (Years; mean ± SD)	9.2 ± 7.74	10.0 ± 6.52	0.65

BMI Body mass index, IBS Irritable bowel syndrome