Low-FODMAP diet reduces irritable bowel symptoms in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Table 2 Results of main outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease patients on low-FODMAP diet

	Number	Week 0	Week 6	P value
Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Symptom Severity System (IBS-SSS)
Low-FODMAP	37	210 (190-270)	115 (33-169)	< 0.001
Normal diet	41	245 (180-320)	170 (91-288)	< 0.001
			0.021
Simple Clinical Colitis Index (SCCAI)
Low-FODMAP	24	3 (1-4)	1 (0-3)	0.04
Normal diet	29	2 (1-4)	2 (1-4)	0.98
			0.021
Harvey and Bradshaw Index (HBI)
Low-FODMAP	9	7 (3-8)	3 (1-5)	0.05
Normal diet	12	5 (4-11)	6 (3-9)	0.25
			0.091
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life (IBS-QOL)
Low-FODMAP	36	73 (19-99)	78 (18-99)	< 0.01
Normal diet	41	77 (30-98)	81 (26-99)	0.30
			0.091
Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (SIBDQ)
Low-FODMAP	34	47 (42-55)	60 (51-65)	< 0.01
Normal diet	40	50 (40-57)	50 (39-60)	0.54
			< 0.011

¹P: Mann-Whitney U test comparison of change in outcomes between treatment groups at 6-wk. All data are presented as median (IQR: Interquartile range). P: Wilcoxon signed rank test, comparison of paired samples 0 vs 6-wk for all subjects; All IBS-QOL results on 0-100 scale (0 worst, 100 best).