Table 1.

Outcome of treatment in patients receiving Lax-Asab or placebo.

	Lax-Asab	Placebo	p	OR	95% confidence interval
Hard stool	2 (10%)	20 (100%)	<0.001	10	20.68–37.23
Feeling of obstruction	1 (5%)	19 (95%)	<0.001	20	2.96–135.1
Need for excessive straining	3 (15%)	20 (100%)	<0.001	6.66	2.34–18.92
Sense of incomplete bowel evacuation	3 (15%)	20 (100%)	<0.001	6.66	2.34–18.92

OR = odds ratio.