TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants in both groups

Variables		Propolis group (N = 26)	Placebo group (N = 25)	p‐value
Age; years		38.92 ± 12.65	44.92 ± 12.10	.090 †
Females; n (%)		13 (50%)	14 (56%)	.781 ‡
Married; n (%)		19 (73.07%)	23 (92%)	.076 ‡
Academic education; n (%)		10 (38.46%)	11 (44%)	.885 ‡
Employee; n (%)		20 (77%)	20 (80%)	.761 ‡
METs; minutes/week		691.50 [196.00–1629.00]	360.00 [173.25–1768.00]	.883*
Anxiety score		16.88 ± 11.01	17.68 ± 10.44	.793 †
Disease duration; years		12.32 ± 10.5	8.31 ± 7.36	.366 †
IBS Type	IBS‐C; n (%)	19 (73.07%)	17 (68%)	.764 ‡
	IBS‐M; n (%)	7 (26.92%)	8 (32%)

Abbreviations: IBS, Irritable bowel syndrome; IBS‐C, Constipation subtype of IBS; IBS‐M, Mixed subtype of IBS; METs, Metabolic equivalents.

Physical activity levels are presented as median [25th, 75th]. Age and duration of IBS are presented as mean±SD; other variables are presented as number (%).

^† Values were obtained from independent samples t‐test.

^‡ Values were obtained from the chi‐square test.

^*Values were obtained from Wilcoxon rank‐sum test.