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. 2024 Jun 5;16(11):1766. doi: 10.3390/nu16111766

Table 5.

Average tolerability scores of subjects across groups.

Outcome Measurement Group 1
1 Stick
Group 2
2 Sticks
Group 3
3 Sticks
Group 4
Placebo
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Bloating
   Visit 1 2.72 2.61 0.65 0.83 1.31 1.00 0.96 0.68
   Visit 2 1.25 1.68 1.71 2.13 1.82 1.93 0.77 0.73
   Visit 3 1.46 1.76 2.49 3.05 1.90 1.28 0.53 0.58
Constipation
   Visit 1 0.48 0.69 0.11 0.23 0.62 1.12 0.48 0.40
   Visit 2 0.17 0.27 0.18 0.41 0.38 0.80 0.44 0.33
   Visit 3 0.31 0.47 0.77 1.63 0.61 1.21 0.22 0.21
Diarrhea
   Visit 1 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.66 0.01 0.04 0.43 0.68
   Visit 2 0.14 0.42 0.27 0.49 0.25 0.49 1.13 2.50
   Visit 3 0.46 0.71 0.49 0.85 0.31 0.56 0.82 1.48
Frequent Urination
   Visit 1 1.66 2.08 0.77 0.89 2.08 2.64 1.41 1.63
   Visit 2 2.16 2.03 2.13 2.13 3.79 2.24 1.93 1.72
   Visit 3 1.64 1.24 2.23 2.60 2.99 2.65 1.54 1.50
Gas
   Visit 1 0.91 1.23 1.26 1.52 1.36 1.05 0.95 0.85
   Visit 2 1.16 1.23 1.91 1.85 1.77 1.46 1.12 1.12
   Visit 3 1.00 1.44 1.96 2.51 1.71 1.36 0.73 0.75
Nausea
   Visit 1 0.48 1.09 0.03 0.08 0.32 0.73 0.26 0.40
   Visit 2 0.41 0.60 0.19 0.43 0.24 0.41 0.65 1.28
   Visit 3 0.01 0.04 0.56 0.72 0.39 0.53 0.22 0.37
Stomach Fullness
   Visit 1 2.37 2.04 2.52 2.43 2.38 2.30 1.88 2.06
   Visit 2 1.77 2.19 2.53 2.46 3.50 2.46 0.58 0.65
   Visit 3 1.65 2.22 3.08 2.60 2.86 2.12 0.67 0.85
Abdominal Cramping
   Visit 1 0.29 0.77 0.11 0.15 0.32 0.52 0.16 0.24
   Visit 2 0.08 0.21 0.22 0.52 0.98 1.23 0.16 0.24
   Visit 3 0.12 0.37 1.42 2.19 0.47 0.84 0.26 0.42
Total Tolerability Score
   Visit 1 8.46 7.23 5.71 5.12 8.40 5.21 6.53 4.20
   Visit 2 7.13 5.05 9.12 8.45 12.73 7.63 6.78 4.77
   Visit 3 6.65 5.60 13.26 14.04 11.23 5.72 4.99 3.94

Total tolerability score, bloating, abdominal cramping; interactions = significant interactions between treatment and time (p = 0.044, 0.039, and 0.010, respectively); frequent urination = visit 1 and 2 differ with time.