Measurement | Improvement | Borborygmus | Flatulence | Bloating | Abdominal Pain | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
1 h (n=600) | No symptom | 50 | 8.3% | 61 | 10.2% | 112 | 18.7% | 119 | 19.8% |
Significant improvement | 9 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.0% | 1 | 0.2% | |
Slight improvement | 310 | 51.7% | 314 | 52.3% | 279 | 46.5% | 88 | 14.7% | |
No difference | 231 | 38.5% | 216 | 36.0% | 203 | 33.8% | 392 | 65.3% | |
3 h (n=600) | No symptom | 33 | 5.5% | 29 | 4.8% | 62 | 10.3% | 240 | 40.0% |
Significant improvement | 8 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.5% | 5 | 0.8% | 6 | 1.0% | |
Slight improvement | 362 | 60.3% | 341 | 56.8% | 338 | 56.3% | 131 | 21.8% | |
No difference | 197 | 32.8% | 221 | 36.8% | 195 | 32.5% | 223 | 37.2% | |
12 h (n=400)a | No symptom | 51 | 12.8% | 102 | 25.5% | 83 | 20.8% | 121 | 30.3% |
Significant improvement | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | |
Slight improvement | 4 | 1.0% | 24 | 6.0% | 105 | 26.3% | 140 | 35.0% | |
No difference | 345 | 86.3% | 274 | 68.5% | 211 | 52.8% | 139 | 34.8% | |
Measurement | Improvement | Stool Frequency | Stool Consistency | All Symptoms | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
1 h (n=600) | No symptom | 120 | 20.0% | 128 | 21.3% | 16 | 2.7% | ||
Significant improvement | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 282 | 47.0% | |||
Slight improvement | 65 | 10.8% | 61 | 10.2% | 236 | 39.3% | |||
No difference | 414 | 69.0% | 410 | 68.3% | 66 | 11.0% | |||
3 h (n=600) | No symptom | 304 | 50.7% | 310 | 51.7% | 4 | 0.7% | ||
Significant improvement | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 480 | 80.0% | |||
Slight improvement | 114 | 19.0% | 87 | 14.5% | 100 | 16.7% | |||
No difference | 182 | 30.3% | 202 | 33.7% | 16 | 2.7% | |||
12 h (n=400)a | No symptom | 199 | 49.8% | 202 | 50.5% | 21 | 5.3% | ||
Significant improvement | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 127 | 31.8% | |||
Slight improvement | 25 | 6.3% | 22 | 5.5% | 186 | 46.5% | |||
No difference | 176 | 44.0% | 176 | 44.0% | 66 | 16.5% |