Autoantibodies and gastrointestinal symptoms in infertile women in relation to in vitro fertilization

Table 1 VAS-IBS questionnaire scores before and after in vitro fertilization

	Before N = 123	After N = 123	Follow-up N = 62	Controls N = 65	Before vs.	Before vs.	Before vs.
	median (IQR)	median (IQR)	median (IQR)	median (IQR)	After	Follow-up	Controls
Abdominal pain	92 (79–97)	86 (68–96)	84 (71–97)	93 (73–98)	0.052	0.041	0.881
Diarrhea	94 (82–97)	93 (80–96)	95 (78–98)	95 (80–98)	0.617	0.778	0.812
Constipation	93 (79–97)	86 (67–96)	93 (73–97)	95 (83–98)	0.004	0.839	0.107
Bloating	77 (61–94)	74 (50–88)	73 (59–95)	80 (39–95)	0.079	0.850	0.861
Nausea and vomiting	95 (87–98)	95 (84–97)	97 (93–99)	98 (92–99)	0.035	0.305	0.011
Psychological well-being	87 (69–96)	78 (52–93)	93 (79–98)	85 (74–96)	0.000	0.036	0.682
Intestinal symptoms’ influence on daily life	93 (77–98)	90 (77–96)	94 (70–98)	96 (75–98)	0.027	0.928	0.703

A lower value of the Visual Analogue Scale for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (VAS-IBS) indicates worse symptoms. Values are given as median, interquartile range (IQR). Wilcoxon’s signed rank test or Mann-Whitney U-test were used. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

ISSN: 1471-2393