Table 4.

VAS appetite and hunger scales.

	Butyrate			FMT			∗P
	Before	After	P	Before	After	P
VAS appetite, cm	33 [6–60]	28 [10–49]	0.62	43 [14–68]	49 [24–78]	0.21	0.22
VAS hunger, cm	33 ± 24	27 ± 21	0.42	26 ± 27	31 ± 27	0.44	0.25

Data are expressed as mean ± SD and median [range]. ∗p = change over time between groups. VAS = visual analogue score.