Table 5.

Effect of formulae treatment on HPA axis function.

Variables	Per-protocol set
	BSFC	BSYQ	Placebo	F	P value
	n = 88	n = 98	n = 86
CRH (logarithm)
Before treatment	0.45 ± 0.57	0.40 ± 0.55	0.64 ± 0.59	2.954	0.0548
Min–max	−1.27~1.85	−1.89~1.30	−1.00~2.02
After treatment	0.47 ± 0.60	0.44 ± 0.70	0.12 ± 0.87	3.101	0.0492
Min–max	−0.79~1.81	−1.55~1.64	−2.58~1.87
ACTH
Before treatment	0.68 ± 0.20	0.77 ± 0.70	1.43 ± 1.95	9.556	0.001
Min–max	0.12~1.28	0.08~6.89	0.27~6.96
After treatment	1.59 ± 1.88	0.78 ± 0.41	0.64 ± 0.23	5.274	0.0069
Min–max	0.40~6.53	0.42~1.99	0.13~1.21
CORT
Before treatment	13.09 ± 7.64	15.72 ± 7.76	19.51 ± 10.20	8.726	0.0002
Min–max	0.20~45.95	1.23~52.87	6.65~49.68
After treatment	12.24 ± 8.11	13.09 ± 6.90	8.93 ± 5.99	3.989	0.0222
Min–max	1.64~29.45	3.68~36.43	0.23~22.22