Table 2.
FOS Group (n = 18) | Control Group (n = 18) | p * | |
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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).