The Diagnosis Performance of the TCM Syndromes of Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Gastroenterologists Based on Modified Simple Criteria Compared to TCM Practitioners: A Prospective, Multicenter Preliminary Study

Table 3

Basic information of the participants.

	IBS-D	IBS-C
Patients, n	131	47
Man/female, n	70/61	23/24
Age, mean (SD), years	41.3 ± 8.6	39.6 ± 8.2
BMI, kg/m^2 (SD)	23.8 ± 2.4	23.4 ± 2.7
Occupation, n (%)
Worker	39 (29.7)	14 (29.8)
Farmer	1 (0.8)	2 (4.3)
Office worker	48 (36.6)	13 (27.6)
Civil servant	6 (4.6)	5 (10.6)
Freelance worker	8 (6.1)	2 (4.3)
Medical worker	4 (3.1)	1 (2.1)
Self-employed businessman	25 (19.1)	10 (21.3)
Smoking, n (%)
No	81 (61.8)	32 (68.1)
Occasionally	18 (13.8)	8(17)
Frequently	32 (24.4)	7 (14.9)
Drinking, n (%)
No	77 (58.8)	29 (61.7)
Occasionally	25 (19.1)	12 (23.4)
Frequently	29 (22.1)	7 (14.9)