Table 5.

VAS questionnaire for the cooperating people on odor.

	Halitosis			Pillow odor			Pajama odor			Fecal odor
	Before ingestion	After 2 weeks of ingestion	After 4 weeks of ingestion	Before ingestion	After 2 weeks of ingestion	After 4 weeks of ingestion	Before ingestion	After 2 weeks of ingestion	After 4 weeks of ingestion	Before ingestion	After 2 weeks of ingestion	After 4 weeks of ingestion
Placebo group	60.37 ± 27.66	66.95 ± 23.92	71.89 ± 15.93	62.32 ± 27.66	68.16 ± 24.17	70.89 ± 18.16	64.11 ± 28.12	69.53 ± 21.90	74.89 ± 17.14a	47.37 ± 24.70	54.47 ± 21.71	62.32 ± 19.14a
Amount of change		6.58 ± 20.46	11.58 ± 22.47		5.95 ± 14.05	8.63 ± 20.35		5.53 ± 15.07	10.89 ± 17.72		7.37 ± 21.68	15.05 ± 21.65
50 mg/day champignon ingestion group	66.41 ± 29.40	65.82 ± 27.40	73.29 ± 21.14	59.75 ± 25.35	70.63 ± 28.53	70.00 ± 30.84	64.13 ± 26.08	71.06 ± 28.90	74.94 ± 29.54	49.47 ± 22.33	59.94 ± 30.47	67.12 ± 25.67a
Amount of change		−0.53 ± 26.42c	6.94 ± 27.92c		10.81 ± 22.81	14.63 ± 26.08c		6.94 ± 23.10c	10.81 ± 24.68c		10.35 ± 26.97	17.59 ± 28.05c
500 mg/day champignon ingestion group	44.70 ± 26.07	56.95 ± 22.95	64.50 ± 24.24a	47.05 ± 24.62	62.35 ± 23.55a	64.55 ± 25.79a	49.75 ± 25.05	62.90 ± 22.80a	69.90 ± 22.94a	33.25 ± 18.56	49.60 ± 19.45a	56.55 ± 21.78a
Amount of change		12.50 ± 33.37c	19.75 ± 17.54c		15.45 ± 21.85c	17.50 ± 22.81c		13.20 ± 19.26	20.15 ± 22.00c		16.40 ± 17.97	23.30 ± 18.50c
1000 mg/day champignon ingestion group	54.26 ± 26.64	65.21 ± 20.41	75.79 ± 18.23a	56.00 ± 26.44	70.32 ± 16.34a	77.16 ± 15.67a	58.74 ± 27.00	72.58 ± 19.09a	78.79 ± 15.60a	44.79 ± 23.07	60.79 ± 17.05a	70.26 ± 19.99a
Amount of change		11.05 ± 27.97	21.53 ± 29.79c		14.16 ± 21.88c	21.11 ± 27.06c		13.89 ± 23.25c	20.05 ± 30.24c		16.11 ± 27.49c	25.58 ± 24.49c

^bStatistically signficant compared with the placebo (p < 0.05,Mann–Whitney).

^aStatistically signifcant vs before taking test foods or placebo (p < 0.05,Wilcoxon).

^cStatistically signficant compared with the placebo (p < 0.05,Chi-square).