Table 4 |
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Digestive symptom intensity (ranged from 0 to 3) in elderly health volunteers during the basal (2 wks), scFOS (4 wks) and follow-up (4 wks) periods (n = 12, mean ± SEM) |
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Basal period |
scFOS period |
Follow-up period |
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Excessive flatus |
0 |
0,83 ± 0,3a |
0,25 ± 0,13 |
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Bloating |
0 |
0,67 ± 0,26a |
0,33 ± 0,14 |
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Borborygmi |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Abdominal pain |
0 |
0,42 ± 0,23 |
0,25 ± 0,13 |
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Symptom intensity was rated as follow: 0: no symptom ; 1: mild symptoms; 2: moderate symptoms; 3: severe symptoms a different from basal period (P < 0.05) |
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Bouhnik et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:42 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-42 |
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