Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants in the ITT population

Characteristic	Placebo (n=221)	Enterosgel (n=219)
Age, years (IQR)	44.0 (33.3–55.0)	40.0 (29.0–55.0)
Female gender, n (%)	162 (73.3)	161 (73.5)
Ethnicity, n (%)
Asian/Asian British	4 (1.8)	3 (1.4)
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)
White	212 (95.9)	213 (97.3)
Mixed	3 (1.4)	1 (0.5)
Other	2 (0.9)	1 (0.5)
Days ≥1 stool of BSFS 6 or 7, (IQR)*†	4.5 (3.5–6.0)	4.4 (3.0–6.0)
Abdominal pain score, (IQR)*	5.1 (4.1–6.4)	5.0 (3.9–6.1)
IBS-SSS score, (SD)	352.3 (80.8)	334.4 (80.3)

*Collected during screening phase.

†Median number of days per week with at least one stool of BSFS type 6 or 7

BSFS, Bristol Stool Form Scale; IBS-SSS, Irritable Bowel Syndrome Severity Scoring System total score; ITT, intention-to-treat.