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. 2007 Dec 5;6:42. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-6-42

Table 3.

Mean oro-fecal transit time (OFTT) and mean 24-h faecal wet weight, dry weight and percentage of faecal water in elderly healthy volunteers during the basal (2 wks), scFOS (4 wks) and follow-up (4 wks) periods (n = 12, mean ± SEM)

Basal period scFOS period Follow-up period
OFTT (h) 37.2 ± 3.4 39.9 ± 3.3 37.8 ± 3.7
Wet weight (g/d) 155.4 ± 20.9 137.7 ± 17.3 174.8 ± 22.0
Dry weight (g/d) 32.8 ± 3.3 28.8 ± 2.9 35.2 ± 3.5
Faecal water (%) 77 ± 2 77 ± 1 76 ± 2