Low FODMAP diet | High FODMAP diet | ||||||
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Baseline (n=18) Mean±SD | Intervention (n=18) Mean±SD | p Value within group | Baseline (n=19) Mean±SD | Intervention (n=19) Mean±SD | p Value within group | p Value between intervention groups | |
Abdominal pain intensity | 41.8±27.5 | 19.9±18.4 | 0.0019 | 36.4±15.2 | 41.5±26.1 | 0.31 | 0.0065 |
Abdominal pain frequency | 57.2±29.7 | 41.9±27.7 | 0.07 | 50.0±33.0 | 66.8±28.3 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
Abdominal distension | 44.4±27.1 | 32.7±27.1 | 0.08 | 41.3±26.0 | 48.1±25.0 | 0.21 | 0.08 |
Dissatisfaction of bowel habit | 79.7±18.6 | 56.2±23.0 | 0.0003 | 73.9±21.4 | 67.9±26.9 | 0.21 | 0.16 |
Interference on life in general | 66.4±19.1 | 57.3±14.2 | 0.03 | 69.2±21.7 | 65.9±23.6 | 0.34 | 0.19 |
IBS-SSS total score | 289.6±81.34 | 208.0±74.8 | 0.0002 | 271±80 | 290±106 | 0.57 | 0.01 |
FODMAP, fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides and monosaccharides and polyols; IBS-SSS, IBS symptom severity scoring.