Table 4.

Relief scores of L. plantarum CCFM1143.

Index	Placebo				L. plantarum CCFM1143
	0 week	4 weeks	Effect	p	0 week	4 weeks	Effect	p
Bowel frequency	3.48 ± 0.51	3.22 ± 0.51	−0.26	0.073	3.25 ± 0.57	2.93 ± 0.53	−0.32	0.044
Stool consistency	5.60 ± 0.89	5.26 ± 1.19	−0.34	0.758	5.68 ± 0.66	5.28 ± 0.84	−0.40	0.041
Abdominal symptom score	4.15 ± 1.66	4.29 ± 1.59	0.14	0.953	5.18 ± 2.22	4.54 ± 2.15	−0.64	0.350
Daily life score	31.93 ± 10.76	33.00 ± 12.73	1.07	0.946	37.14 ± 14.97	32.93 ± 15.18	−4.21	0.266
Stool satisfaction	2.41 ± 0.79	2.29 ± 0.67	−0.12	0.664	2.96 ± 0.94	2.50 ± 1.02	−0.46	0.113
SF-36 diarrhea mood score	13.70 ± 2.83	16.23 ± 4.92	2.53	0.384	14.64 ± 2.78	14.04 ± 2.92	−0.60	0.764
SF-36 diarrhea overall health score	10.33 ± 2.86	10.70 ± 2.45	0.37	0.927	12.14 ± 1.73	11.29 ± 2.52	−0.85	0.601