Table 3.

Secondary changes to bowel movement frequency

(Mean values and standard deviations)

	Lead-in period		Zespri® SunGold kiwifruit		Metamucil®
Parameter	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	P
No. of bowel movements/week	7·2	3·5	9·1*	4·9	8·1	3·8	0·02
No. of CBM/week	4·2	3·1	6·9*	4·3	5·5	4·2	0·002
No. of SBM/week	6·7	3·6	8·6	5·0	7·2	4·5	0·226
Number of strained bowel movements/week	3·7	2·6	1·7*	2·4	2·5*	3·4	<0·001
Average Bristol Stool Scale score	3·24	1·13	4·15*†	1·26	3·52	1·27	<0·001
Proportion of bowel movements using laxatives (%)	2·8	10·9	5·2	20·9	3·4	17·7	‡

CBM, complete bowel movements; SBM, spontaneous bowel movements.

^*Mean value was significantly different from that for the lead-in period, based on least significant difference.

^†Mean value was significantly different from that for Metamucil^®, based on least significant difference (P = 0·025).

^‡Not analysed. Of the participants, 92 % did not use.