TABLE 6.

Stool characteristics measured in the laboratory after 2-wk consumption of NC and HON conditions

	NC	HON	LMM fixed effects
	End	End	Treatment (HON)	Time (End)	Treatment × Time Interaction
Consistency, rating1	3.82 ± 0.20 (61)	4.08 ± 0.22 (61)	β: 0.05 CI: −0.34, 0.43 P = 0.81	β: −0.34 CI: −0.73, 0.04 P = 0.09	β: 0.03 CI: −0.51, 0.58 P = 0.91
pH	6.73 ± 0.07 (57)	6.72 ± 0.07 (59)	β: −0.01 CI: −0.15, 0.13 P = 0.91	β: 0.05 CI: −0.09, 0.19 P = 0.49	β: 0.01 CI: −0.19, 0.21 P = 0.91

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HON, Honey; LMM, linear mixed-effect model; NC, Negative Control; SEM, standard error of the mean.

Data were analyzed by LMMs and are presented as mean ± SEM (n). The LMM fixed effects columns denote the main treatment effect (HON treatment), time (end), and the treatment by time interaction term (treatment, time, interaction).

¹Consistency rating scale (Bristol stool scale): 1 (separate hard lumps, like nuts) to 7 (watery, no solid pieces, entirely liquid).