Table 3.
Dual sugar (lactulose/mannitol) test
| Group | n | Rate of lactulose | Rate of mannitol | Ratio of L/M |
| Control | 8 | 0.0097 ± 0.0027 | 0.0202 ± 0.0026 | 0.4789 ± 0.1001 |
| EN | 10 | 0.0213 ± 0.0035 | 0.0283 ± 0.0020 | 0.7981 ± 0.1559 |
| PN | 9 | 0.0981 ± 0.0374 | 0.0723 ± 0.0285 | 1.4494 ± 0.2670 |
| Sep | 8 | 0.1466 ± 0.0572 | 0.0361 ± 0.0089 | 4.0088 ± 0.8893b |
Data are expressed as mean ± SE. Rate of lactulose (or mannitol): denotes the rate of lactulose (mannitol) amount excreted in urine with that gavaged; Ratio of L/M denotes the ratio of the above two rates.
b
P < 0.01 vs control, EN and PN groups.