Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study participants at baseline

Variable	Placebo (n = 20)	Prebiotics (n = 20)	P value
Age, median (range)	25 (22-51)	24 (21-27)	0.032
Gender, n (%)			0.642
Male	5 (25)	5 (25)
Female	15 (75)	15 (75)
Stool frequency, median (range)	3.5 (2.5-6)	3 (2.5-5.5)	0.014
Body weight, kg	57.49 ± 2.10	61.34 ± 2.69	0.266
Height, cm	165.43 ± 1.70	163.71 ± 1.29	0.422
Body mass index, kg/m2	20.93 ± 0.53	22.78 ± 0.81	0.063

Data are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean. P value was calculated using the Student’s t-test.