Table 2.
Generic Assessment of Side Effects-Probiotics (GASE-P) scores by timepoint.
Full Sample | Placebo | Probiotic | p-value | ||||
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N | Mean (SD) Median (range) | N | Mean (SD) Median (range) | N | Mean (SD) Median (range) | ||
Time 1 | |||||||
Severity | 31 | 26.9 (13.1) 25 (6, 48) | 15 | 25.6 (13.9) 25 (6, 48) | 16 | 28.1 (12.7) 25 (8, 47) | 0.60 |
Symptom count | 31 | 15.2 (5.9) 16 (5, 28) | 15 | 14.4 (5.5) 16 (5, 22) | 16 | 15.9 (6.4) 15 (5, 28) | 0.65 |
Time 2 | |||||||
Severity | 29 | 22.9 (11.1) 24 (6, 52) | 15 | 22.1 (13.2) 24 (6, 52) | 14 | 23.7 (8.8) 22.5 (11, 41) | 0.58 |
Symptom count | 29 | 13.9 (5.8) 15 (4, 24) | 15 | 12.4 (6.4) 14 (4, 24) | 14 | 15.6 (4.8) 15 (9, 24) | 0.19 |
Time 3 | |||||||
Severity | 27 | 12.9 (11.5) 8 (0, 39) | 15 | 11.7 (11.3) 8 (0, 39) | 12 | 14.3 (12.0) 12.5 (0, 33) | 0.52 |
Symptom Count | 27 | 8.0 (6.7) 7.0 (0, 29) | 15 | 6.5 (4.5) 5 (0, 16) | 12 | 9.8 (8.5) 7.5 (0, 29) | 0.31 |