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Table 3.

Average stool pH after different carbohydrate-based diets

Reference	Type of malnutrition	Children with diarrhea included	No. of subjects	Average stool pH with different carbohydrate-based diets (mean ± SD* or SEM**)				P value
Reference	Type of malnutrition	Children with diarrhea included	No. of subjects	Lactose	Galactose + glucose	Sucrose	Disaccharide free	P value
Kerpel-Fornius et al. (1966)¹⁹	SAM^a	Yes	4	5.0 ± 0.8*	6.1 ± 1.0*	6.1 ± 1.0*	–	–
Kerpel-Fornius et al. (1966)¹⁹	Controls	Yes	10	6.8 ± 1.0*	7.3 ± 1.0*	7.5 ± 0.9*	–	–
Rothman et al. (1980)²⁵	Kwashiorkor	No	12	5.8 ± 0.2^**	–	–	6.9 ± 0.2^**	<0.01
Verma & Saxena (1980)²⁰	Kwashiorkor	Yes	2	5.7	–	–	–	–
Verma & Saxena (1980)²⁰	Controls	Yes	10	6.9	–	–	–	–

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of the mean.

^aDefinition of SAM is not in accordance with the current WHO definition (which includes patients with marasmus).