Small intestine bacterial overgrowth and irritable bowel syndrome-related symptoms: Experience with Rifaximin

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with a new diagnosis of IBS (n = 97)

Demographic characteristics	n	Breath test at screening
		Positive (n = 54)	Negative (n = 43)
Sex (M/F, mean ± SD)	40/57 (40.7 ± 16.2)
IBS variants n (%)
Chronic diarrhoea	31 (31.9)	19 (35.2)	12 (27.9)
Stipsis	20 (20.6)	11 (20.4)	9 (20.9)
Alternated stipsis/diarrhoea	46 (47.5)	24 (44.4)	22 (51.2)
Symptoms score
Chronic diarrhoea	2.2 ± 0.8	2.2 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.6
Stipsis	2.3 ± 0.9	2.4 ± 0.8	2.1 ± 0.9
Alternated stipsis/diarrhoea	2.0 ± 1.2	2.3 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 0.6a

^aStatistically significant difference between groups, P = 0.019.