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

Table 3 Psychological symptoms (SCL-90)

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)
Total	0.3	0 (0)	0.8	0 (1)c	1.3	1 (2)cf	1.1	1 (2)cfi
Obsessive-comp	0.4	0 (1)	1.0	1 (2)c	1.5	1 (2)cf	1.3	1 (3)ce
Sensitivity	0.3	0 (0)	0.6	0 (1)c	1.3	1 (2)cf	0.9	0 (2)cfh
Depression	0.4	0 (1)	1.1	1 (2)c	1.6	2 (2)cf	1.5	1 (3)cf
Anxiety	0.4	0 (0)	1.0	0 (2)c	1.3	1 (2)ce	1.2	1 (2)cd
Hostility	0.2	0 (0)	0.3	0 (0)b	0.8	0 (1)cf	0.7	0 (1)cf
Phobic anxiety	0.4	0 (0)	0.4	0 (0)	0.7	0 (1)cf	0.5	0 (0)cg
Paranoid ideation	0.2	0 (0)	0.4	0 (1)b	1.2	1 (2)cf	0.7	0 (1)cdi
Psychoticism	0.1	0 (0)	0.3	0 (0)c	0.7	0 (1)cf	0.4	0 (1)cdi
Somatisation	0.2	0 (0)	1.3	1 (2)c	1.9	2 (2)cf	1.5	1 (3)cdi

SCL 90 score from AHC group, D-IBS, C-IBS and A-IBS patients. The results are shown in total and as items categorised. The higher score, the more symptoms.

^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.