Table 1.

The scores of IBS-symptom questionnaire (IBS-SQ) domains in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.

Questionnaire	Before FMT	3 weeks after FMT	P-value
Nausea	3.7 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.6	0.0025
Bloating	7.9 ± 0.5	3.4 ± 0.8	<0.0001
Abdominal pain	6.3 ± 0.9	3.3 ± 0.8	0.0012
Constipation	4.3 ± 1.1	1.5 ± 0.7	0.046
Diarrhea	6.4 ± 0.9	1.2 ± 0.4	<0.0001
Anorexia/loss of appetite	2.3 ± 0.7	0.9 ± 0.4	0.087

Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. Comparison: Paired t test. FMT, fecal microbiota transplantation.

Significant differences are seen in the different domains (except for anorexia/loss of appetite) when comparing the symptoms of the patients before to after FMT.

The bolded numbers are significant values <0.05.