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Table 2.

Gut sensations (means and standard deviations) on a 0 to 10 scale reported by participants assigned to the oligofructose group + supplemental OF or the MD group (placebo) during each of the phases.

Sensation	OF Group (n = 49) (g/Day)				MD Group (Placebo, n = 48) (g/Day)
Sensation	0	5	10	15	0	5	10	15
Noise	0.89 ^a ± 1.21	0.81 ^a ± 1.22	0.51 ^b ± 1.04	0.67 ^b ± 1.17	0.96 ± 1.95	0.83 ± 1.13	0.71 ± 1.10	0.62 ± 1.08
Pressure	0.85 ^a ± 1.12	0.76 ^a ± 1.30	0.69 ^a ± 0.99	0.61 ^b ± 0.99	0.91 ± 1.26	0.87 ± 1.21	0.61 ± 0.85	0.67 ± 0.97
Pain	0.61 ^a ± 0.96	0.37 ^b ± 0.68	0.46 ^a ± 0.79	0.28 ^b ± 0.60	0.89 ^a ± 1.06	0.58 ^b ± 0.93	0.50 ^b ± 0.71	0.48 ^b ± 0.93
Bloating	0.96 ± 1.21	0.96 ± 1.61	0.91 ± 1.44	0.90 ± 1.48	0.80 ± 1.19	0.82 ± 1.28	0.81 ± 0.94	0.78 ± 1.17
Gas	1.93 ± 2.08	1.94 ± 2.28	1.84 ± 2.17	1.87 ± 2.23	1.85 ^a,b ± 1.88	2.23 ^b ± 1.91	1.75 ^a ± 1.85	1.55 ^a ± 1.72

Values within a group with different letter superscripts are significantly different.