Table 3.

Defecation condition score (mean ± SD)

	n	Baseline	Week 1	Week 2
Control group	63	1.9 ± 1.2	1.6 ± 1.1a	1.6 ± 1.1
Test group	63	1.9 ± 1.2	1.1 ± 0.9bd	0.8 ± 1.0bd

Note: Self comparison before and after test,

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01; compared with control group,

^dP < 0.01.