Table 5.
Covariate balance before and after matching covariates
| Outcome | SB group |
Non-SB group |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | ||
| Pre-matching | |||
| Duration of diarrhoea post-treatment (days) | 3 (1) | 4.4 (1.1) | <0.05 |
| Post-matching | |||
| Duration of diarrhoea post-treatment (days) | 2.7 (0.9) | 4.4 (1.1) | <0.05 |
Abbreviations: SB, Saccharomyces boulardii; SD, standard deviation.