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Table 4 Side effects of intervention among study and controls

From: Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

  

Study group (n=60)

Control group (n=60)

P value

n

%

n

%

Nausea

Yes

49

81.7%

0

0.0%

0.000

No

11

18.3%

60

100.0%

Diarrhea

Yes

54

90.0%

11

18.3%

0.000

No

6

10.0%

49

81.7%

 

Unfavourable oral viscous sensation

Yes

60

100.0%

0

0.0%

0.000

No

0

0.0%

60

100.0%

 

Bloating abdomen

Yes

9

15.0%

0

0.0%

0.002

No

51

85.0%

60

100.0%

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