General characteristics of the patients with idiopathic bile acid malabsorption (IBAM)
| Patient number | Sex | Age (years) | BMI | Faecal weight (g/day) | Stools/week | 75SeHCAT t½ (days) |
| 1 | F | 56 | 20.1 | 250 | 25 | 1.58 |
| 2 | F | 32 | 18.0 | 333 | 35 | 0.01 |
| 3 | F | 25 | 17.5 | 180 | 34 | 1.00 |
| 4 | F | 30 | 18.4 | 210 | 30 | 0.97 |
| 5 | M | 38 | 24.6 | 220 | 25 | 1.34 |
| 6 | F | 41 | 25.6 | 150 | 26 | 1.43 |
| 7 | M | 34 | 23.1 | 210 | 22 | 1.62 |
| 8 | F | 43 | 17.8 | 210 | 24 | 1.74 |
| 9 | F | 58 | 26.0 | 260 | 24 | 0.88 |
| 10 | M | 28 | 21.2 | 220 | 23 | 1.50 |
| 11 | M | 65 | 23.0 | 250 | 22 | 1.14 |
| 12 | M | 39 | 19.5 | 250 | 24 | 0.14 |
| 13 | F | 39 | 25.4 | 230 | 23 | 0.74 |
| Mean | 8F/5M | 40.7 | 21.5 | 228 | 26 | 1.08 |
| SEM | — | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12 | 1 | 0.14 |
BMI, body mass index.