Table 7.

Improvement in Bristol stool scale in healthy adolescent women who ingested maltobionic acid for 4 weeks.

	Ingested food	n	Improvement	Noimprovement	P -value
Pre-ingestion vs . Post-2W	Test food	24	5	19	0.220
	Placebo food		2	22
Pre-ingestion vs. Post-4W	Test food	24	11	13	0.011
	Placebo food		3	21

Distribution of participants showing improvement or no improvement during study intervals. Patient scores moving towards "Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft" were defined as "Improvement," otherwise scores moving away or with no change were defined as "No improvement." The number of relevant participants is indicated.