Long-term irritable bowel syndrome symptom control with reintroduction of selected FODMAPs

Figure 3 Change in IBS severity scoring system[35] by group and time period. Participants in Group I received dietary education immediately after baseline measures and started reintroductions to tolerance at 3 mo. Participants in group II received dietary education after collection of data at 3 mo. Scores > 300 indicate severe IBS, 175-300 indicate moderate IBS, 50-175 indicate mild IBS and scores < 50 are similar to those of people without IBS. ^aP < 0.05, ^bP < 0.01.