Epidemiological and clinical perspectives on irritable bowel syndrome in India, Bangladesh and Malaysia: A review

Table 3 Studies on small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in India

Ref.	Number of IBS patients	Diagnostic criteria of IBS	Number of controls	Method of diagnosis of SIBO	% of SIBO in IBS	% of SIBO in controls
Ghoshal et al[99]	80	Rome III	-	Culture of upper jejunal aspirate	19	-
Rana et al[100]	225	Rome II	100	GHBT	11.1	1
Gupta et al[101]	69	Rome II	-	GHBT	13	-
Ghoshal et al[95]	129	Manning	51	GHBT	8.5	2

GHBT: Glucose hydrogen breath test; IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome; SIBO: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.