Table 1.

Demographic and baseline data for each spike-in arm.

Arm	Number enrolled	Age (mean, range)	Number of bowel movements (preB, day 6)	Average number of Ensure calories consumed (day 3, day 6)	BMI (mean, range)	Gender distribution (females, males)
Inulin	11	27.4 (23–30)	1.0, 1.4	2156, 1975	23.6 (19–30)	5, 6
Pectin	11	24.8 (23–28)	1.3, 1.4	1728, 1920	23.5 (22–28)	5, 6
Protein	5	25.2 (22–26)	1.3, 1.2	1815, 1870	21.4 (18–25)	2, 3
Saturated fat	7	24.4 (23–31)	1.7, 1.6	2127, 2420	24.2 (19–27)	2, 5
Unsaturated fat	6	23.3 (23–33)	2.0, 1.2	1980, 2640	23.7 (20–29)	2, 4
Cellulose	10	29.0 (27–31)	1.3, 1.5	1886, 1860	24.1 (20–30)	5, 5
Control	10	25.4 (22–32)	0.8, 1.3	1760, 2310	22.4 (20–24)	4, 6