Responses to faecal microbiota transplantation in female and male patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Table 2 The response rates of females and males in different irritable bowel syndrome-subtypes at different intervals after faecal microbiota transplantation

Time after FMT	IBS-D			IBS-C			IBS-M
	Females	Males	P value	Females	Males	P value	Females	Males	P value
2 wk (%)	73	58	0.3	65	50	0.7	72	55	0.3
1 mo (%)	90	42	0.0003	69	75	0.7	65	60	0.9
3 mo (%)	90	42	0.0003	70	75	0.3	63	80	0.6

IBS-D: Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea-predominant symptom; IBS-C: Irritable bowel syndrome with constipation-predominant symptom; IBS-M: Irritable bowel syndrome with mixed diarrhoea and constipation; FMT: Faecal microbiota transplantation.