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. 2012 Apr 18;9:33. doi: 10.1186/1743-7075-9-33

Table 9.

Effects of consuming the soluble cocoa products on intestinal transit time (mean values and standard error of mean (SEM), n = 44)

Dye appearance time (hours) Dye disappearance time (hours)

Stage Mean SEM Mean SEM
Non-cocoa 31.46 1.48 71.72 2.84
Cocoa product A 35.04 2.81 76.93 6.06
Cocoa product B 30.05 1.97 67.32 4.10

N.S. N.S.

Dye appearance and disappeareance time were studied using a mixed model with repeated measures (stage) with one factorial fixed factor (cocoa product).