Characteristics of study population.

Continuous variables are presented as median and range. 1: CD: Crohn’s disease, UC: ulcerative colitis, IBS-D: diarrhea predominant IBS, IBS-C: constipation predominant IBS, IBS-M: mixed IBS 2: Patients took multiple medications. 3: 2 subjects had a hysterectomy, 1 subject had a sigmoid resection, 1 subject underwent an appendectomy 4: 1 subject had a hysterectomy, 1 subject had a hysterectomy, appendectomy and illeocecal resection 5: Active disease if Harvey-Bradshaw Index (HBI)>4 (CD) or Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI)>3 (UC) 6: Type 1–2: Type 1–2: hard/lumpy stool. Type 3–4: sausage shaped stool (with cracks or being smooth/soft). Type 5–7: soft blobs to watery/liquid consistency Characteristics of study population.