Table 2 Demographic data of participated subjects
Demographic data | IBS | Healthy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Blastocystis-positive | Blastocystis-negative | Blastocystis-positive | Blastocystis-negative | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Male | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
IBS types | ||||
IBS-D | 2 | 0 | – | – |
IBS-C | 0 | 0 | ||
IBS-M | 0 | 0 | ||
IBS-U | 18 | 20 | ||
Stool appearance | ||||
Formed/soft | 18 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
Loose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Diarrhea/watery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Age | ||||
≤ 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
21–40 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
41–60 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
≥ 61 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |