Table 4.

Stool consistency score (mean ± SD)

	n	Baseline	Week 1	Week 2
Control group	63	1.6 ± 1.1	1.4 ± 1.0	1.3 ± 1.0a
Test group	63	1.5 ± 1.1	1.0 ± 0.8bc	0.6 ± 0.8bd

Note: Self comparison before and after test,

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01; compared with control group,

^cP < 0.05,

^dP < 0.01.