Table 5.

Stool status of Shuidouchi-treated mice at the last day of the experiment.

Groups	Normal	Control	24-SDC	48-SDC	72-SDC
Stool weight (g)	0.92 ± 0.03 a	0.39 ± 0.05 d	0.67 ± 0.05 c	0.73 ± 0.05 bc	0.78 ± 0.04 b
Particle counts of stool	43 ± 3 a	15 ± 2 d	29 ± 3 c	31 ± 3 c	38 ± 4 b
Water content of stool (%)	47 ± 3 a	18 ± 3 c	38 ± 4 b	39 ± 4 b	42 ± 4 b
Total viable counts of stool (×109 CFU/g)	2.35 ± 0.21 a	1.65 ± 0.26 d	1.84 ± 0.16 d	1.91 ± 0.12 cd	2.24 ± 0.15 b

Values presented are means ± standard deviation (n = 10). Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between each group, and the same letters indicate that there is no significant difference (p > 0.05) between each group according to Tukey’s test for multiple comparisons. 24-SDC: 24-h-fermented Shuidouchi; 48-SDC: 48-h-fermented Shuidouchi; 72-SDC: 72-h-fermented Shuidouchi.