Table 3.
FOS Group (n = 18) | Control Group (n = 18) | p | |
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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).