Table 1. Comparison of demographic and laboratory findings between patients and control subjects.
| Parameter | Patients with IBS
(n = 100) |
Healthy Control
(n = 100) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 50.1 ± 6.6 | 46.6 ± 6.8 | 0.8 |
Sex
|
49 (49%)
51 (51%) |
49 (49%)
51 (51%) |
0.6 |
|
Hemoglobin
(Mean ± SD) gm/dl |
13.19 ± 1.7 | 13.16 ± 1.7 | 0.99 |
|
Total leucocytes count
(Mean ± SD) × 10 3/mm 3 |
13.2 ± 1.7 | 13.1 ± 1.8 | 0.99 |
|
Platelets
(Mean ± SD) × 10 3/mm 3 |
134.15 ± 56.32 | 141.35 ± 34.04 | 0.003 |
|
Creatinine
(Mean ± SD) mg/dl |
0.98 ± 0.25 | 0.96 ± 0.28 | 0.58 |
| ALT (Mean ± SD) IU/l | 28.85 ± 4.7 | 29.2 ± 4.4 | 0.6 |
| AST (Mean ± SD) | 27.26 ± 4.32 | 27.7 ± 4.05 | 0.5 |
|
Albumin
(Mean ± SD) gm/dl |
4.00 ± 0.51 | 4.1 ± 0.52 | 0.7 |
|
Total bilirubin
(Mean ± SD) mg/dl |
0.82 ± 0.10 | 0.9 ± 0.11 | 0.6 |