Characterization [median (range)] of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome patients (PI-IBS) and healthy controls (HC).

BMI = Body mass index. IBS-D = diarrhea-predominant IBS. IBS-C = constipation-predominant IBS. IBS-M = mixed IBS bowel pattern with both loose and hard stools. N/A = not applicable.p .05 = *,p .01 = **.Between-group comparisons of age and BMI were analyzed using two-tailed Student’s t-test and between-group comparisons of sex, bowel moments/day and pain score were analyzed with Mann-Whitney.