Table 2.

Clinical secondary outcomes at baseline and at the end of the study (stool frequency, percentage of straining, difficulty, pain, crying during defecation and percentage of soft stools).

	FOS Group (n = 18)	Control Group (n = 18)	p *
Number of bowel movements per week
Baseline week	6.27 ± 1.32	5.66 ± 1.87	0.133
Last week of the study	6.33 ± 1.28	6.11 ± 1.53	0.320
Pain/crying when passing stools (percent of bowel movements)
Baseline week	55.13 ± 44.07	60.09 ± 44.44	0.369
Last week of the study	14.68 ± 29.15	28.39 ± 43.82	0.138
Straining/difficulty when passing stools (percent of bowel movements)
Baseline week	84.47 ± 29.39	79.47 ± 37.63	0.330
Last week of the study	29.65 ± 41.73	55.07 ± 43.44	0.041
Soft stool consistency (percent of bowel movements)
Baseline week	12.12 ± 15.91	16.92 ± 15.07	0.180
Last week of the study	73.38 ± 29.38	55.38 ± 36.32	0.035

* The data are presented as mean ± standard deviation (One-tailed Student’s t-test).