TABLE 2.

Duration of Diarrhea and Changes in Stool Consistency and Frequency in Placebo and Saccharomyces boulardii Groups

	S. boulardii CNCM I-3799	Placebo	Treatment effect Δ Change and CI 95%	P
Duration of diarrhea
Time of recovery from diarrhea (hours)	65.8 ± 12	95.3 ± 17.6	− 29.5 (−35.74 to −23.26)	0.0001
Changes in stool consistency
Time of first semisolid stool (hours)	45.5 ± 11.6	69 ± 24.8	− 23.5 (−31.49 to −15.51)	0.0001
Mean daily stool consistency:
Day 1	3.7 ± 0.4	3.7 ± 0.4	0 (−0.17 to 0.17)	1
Day 2	3.2 ± 0.6	3.3 ± 0.7	− 0.1 (−0.39 to 0.11)	0.28
Day 3	2.4 ± 0.8	2.9 ± 0.7	− 0.5 (−0.79 to −0.19)	0.0015
Day 4	1.7 ± 0.6	2.4 ± 0.7	− 0.7 (−0.95 to −0.42)	0.0001
Day 5	1.3 ± 0.5	1.7 ± 0.7	− 0.4 (−0.72 to −0.22)	0.0003
Changes in stool frequency
Mean daily stool frequency:
Day 1	4.2 ± 1.4	4.5 ± 1.4	− 0.3 (−0.77 to 0.35)	0.46
Day 2	3.1 ± 0.9	3.6 ± 1.3	− 0.5 (−0.93 to −0.01)	0.044
Day 3	2.5 ± 1.1	2.7 ± 1.3	− 0.2 (−0.65 to 0.29)	0.453
Day 4	1.9 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 1.2	− 0.4 (−0.83 to 0.44)	0.078
Day 5	2.0 ± 1.4	1.9 ± 1.1	− 0.1 (−0.35 to 0.63)	0.57