Table 3.

Secondary outcome: Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus genus counts (log CFU/g).

	FOS Group (n = 18)	Control Group (n = 18)	p
Bifidobacterium
Baseline	6.39 (5.25–8.36)	6.61 (4.48–7.99)	0.301
End of the study	7.37 (5.86–8.43)	5.60 (4.46–6.42)	0.006
Lactobacillus
Baseline	6.27 (4.33–7.54)	6.03 (2.95–7.23)	0.248
End of the study	6.45 (4.83–7.61)	5.39 (3.37–6.73)	0.095

The data are presented as median values with the 25th and 75th percentile values in parentheses (Mann-Whitney test).