Irritable bowel syndrome subtypes differ in body awareness, psychological symptoms and biochemical stress markers

Table 1 Body awareness scale (BAS-H)

Category	AHC (n = 21)		D-IBS (n = 30)		C-IBS (n = 16)		A-IBS (n = 34)
	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)	M	Md (IQR)
BASobs
Total	1.5	2 (2)	2.6	3 (3)c	2.7	3 (3)c	2.2	2 (4)cfi
Grounding	1.5	2 (2)	2.6	2 (2)c	2.9	3 (2)c	1.9	2 (2)bfi
Mid-line	2.1	2 (2)	3.6	4 (3)c	3.4	3 (2)c	3.0	3 (2)cd
Centring	2.1	2 (1)	3.3	3 (2)c	3.4	4 (2)c	2.8	3 (2)ceg
Flow	1.5	1 (2)	2.5	3 (4)c	2.7	3 (3)c	2.4	2 (4)c
Respiration	1.4	1 (2)	3.9	4 (2)c	3.9	4 (2)c	3.6	4 (1)c
Boundaries	0.5	0 (0)	1.1	0 (2)c	1.1	0 (2)b	1.0	0 (2)b
BASself
Total	1.6	2 (2)	1.8	2 (3)a	2.7	2 (4)cf	2.3	2 (4)cfh
Grounding	0.8	0 (2)	1.0	0 (2)	1.8	2 (3)ce	1.8	2 (4)cf
Mid-line	1.6	2 (2)	1.8	2 (4)	3.2	4 (5)cf	2.4	2 (4)beg
Centring	1.3	0 (2)	1.3	1 (2)	2.2	2 (4)ad	1.4	1 (2)
Flow	2.1	2 (4)	2.8	3 (5)a	3.8	4 (4)ce	3.5	4 (4)cd
Respiration	1.0	0 (2)	1.6	2 (2)	2.4	2 (3)cd	2.9	4 (3)cf
Boundaries	1.7	2 (3)	2.0	2 (3)	2.6	2 (4)ce	2.0	2 (4)g

Results from BASobs and BASself examination score from AHC group and D-IBS, C-IBS and A-IBS patients. The results are shown in total and as items categorised. The higher score, the more symptoms.

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01,

^cP < 0.001 vs AHC;

^dP < 0.05,

^eP < 0.01,

^fP < 0.001 vs D-IBS;

^gP < 0.05,

^hP < 0.01,

ⁱP < 0.001, C-IBS vs A-IBS. M: Mean; Md: Median; IQR: Inter quartile range.