Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients and healthy volunteers in the flow cytometry and longitudinal components of the study.

From: Activation of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T-Cells in IBS is not Associated with Gastrointestinal or Psychological Symptoms

 

Flow Cytometry

Longitudinal

HV (n = 12)

IBS (n = 12)

HV (n = 15)

IBS-D (n = 7)

Age (years)

50.6 ± 2.3

46.3 ± 4.1

49.2 ± 1.9

40.7 ± 5.1

Female Sex

83.3%

75.0%

93.3%

57.1%

BMI

25.1 ± 0.9

33.2 ± 1.8**

24.4 ± 0.7

29.8 ± 3.9

IBS-SSS

12.5 (0–29.3)

237.0 (195.5–342.0)***

13.0 (0–30.0)

306.0 (229.0–389.0)$

IBS-QOL

0.4 (0–4.5)

113.5 (69.8–130.8)***

0 (0–1.6)

112.0 (81.0–150.0)#

  1. HV: Healthy Volunteers. IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome. IBS-D: diarrhoea-predominant IBS, IBS-SSS: IBS Symptom Severity Score. IBS-QOL: IBS-36 Quality of Life. BMI: Body mass index. Age and BMI data expressed as Mean ± SEM **p = 0.0030 vs. HV, $p = 0.0002 vs. HV, #p = 0.0001 vs. HV and ***p < 0.0001 vs. HV.
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