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

Table 5 The irritable bowel syndrome severity scoring system total scores in females and males belonging to different irritable bowel syndrome-sub-types

Time after FMT	IBS-D			IBS-C			IBS-M
	Females	Males	P value	Females	Males	P value	Females	Males	P value
2 wk	190.5 ± 191.4	204.0 ± 92.2	0.6	228.1 ± 116.2	239.2 ± 113.8	0.5	202.8 ± 121.3	225.0 ± 65.8	0.5
1 mo	177.8 ± 94.9	226.9 ± 73.3	0.02	228.8 ± 118.1	215.8 ± 115.7	0.6	219.9 ± 136.6	197.0 ± 65.2	0.8
3 mo	157.8 ± 102.9	212.3 ± 96.9	0.03	212.8 ± 124.0	234.6 ± 131.8	0.5	219.2 ± 146.3	149.0 ± 36.0	0.5

Data are mean ± SD values. 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.