Table 2

Overall IBS scores for responders according to time since treatment

Years since HTNPre-HT*Follow up*Pre-HT/follow up†
Data shown as: *overall IBS scores (mean (SEM)) and †intra-individual differences (mean, 95% CI) for time points shown for responders, subdivided according to time since completing treatment. Intra-individual differences having positive value denote reduction (improvement) in score relative to earlier time point.
‡p=0.310; §p=0.458; ¶p=0.781 (all ANOVA).
1<237283.8 (13.9)‡161.2 (16.1)§122.7 (95.5 to 149.8)¶
2<325330.8 (18.2)197.6 (21.4)133.2 (94.3 to 172.1)
3<436328.4 (14.1)183.8 (16.8)145.1 (105.8 to 184.5)
4<532319.5 (16.6)168.5 (16.9)151.0 (107.5 to 194.5)
⩾515298.8 (23.3)147.5 (18.0)151.3 (93.1 to 209.6)