Table 5.
Gut tolerability in response to the placebo-control arm
(Mean values, standard deviations and ranges; n 9 per treatment arm)
| Run-in | Intervention | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI symptoms | Mean | sd | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | sd | Minimum | Maximum |
| Overall GI | 0·8 | 1·0 | 0·0 | 2·5 | 0·3 | 0·4 | 0·0 | 1·2 |
| Bothersome | 0·6 | 0·7 | 0·0 | 2·0 | 0·2 | 0·2 | 0·0 | 0·5 |
| Stomach rumble | 0·2 | 0·7 | 0·0 | 2·3 | 0·1 | 0·2 | 0·0 | 0·6 |
| Gut rumble | 0·3 | 0·7 | 0·0 | 2·0 | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·2 |
| Belching | 0·0 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·2 | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·2 |
| Nausea | 0·0 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·3 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·1 |
| Stomach cramps | 0·1 | 0·2 | 0·0 | 0·5 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·1 |
| Gut cramps | 0·0 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·3 | 0·0 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·1 |
| Bloated | 0·5 | 0·7 | 0·0 | 2·3 | 0·1 | 0·2 | 0·0 | 0·4 |
| Acid reflux | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·1 | 0·0 | 0·2 |
| Flatulence | 0·3 | 0·5 | 0·0 | 1·5 | 0·3 | 0·4 | 0·0 | 1·1 |
| Diarrhoea | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·1 |
| Vomiting | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Constipation | 0·3 | 0·6 | 0·0 | 2·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·1 |
GI, gastrointestinal.