From: Four-week short chain fructo-oligosaccharides ingestion leads to increasing fecal bifidobacteria and cholesterol excretion in healthy elderly volunteers
Basal period
scFOS period
Follow-up period
OFTT (h)
37.2 ± 3.4
39.9 ± 3.3
37.8 ± 3.7
Wet weight (g/d)
155.4 ± 20.9
137.7 ± 17.3
174.8 ± 22.0
Dry weight (g/d)
32.8 ± 3.3
28.8 ± 2.9
35.2 ± 3.5
Faecal water (%)
77 ± 2
77 ± 1
76 ± 2