Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics, Psychological Factors, and Peripheral Cytokines

Table 2

Baseline comparison of the small intestinal bacterial overgrowth- (SIBO-) positive and negative patients.

	SIBO (+) ()	SIBO (−) ()	p value
Age in years, mean ± SD	43.5 ± 12.5	47.2 ± 13.1	0.187
Sex, male/female	21/14	26/28	0.274
BMI, kg/m^2	23.2 ± 7.7	21.4 ± 4.0	0.139
IBS-D	28	35	0.124
IBS-C	1	2	1.000
IBS-M	6	15	0.248
IBS-U	0	2	0.517