Efficacy of a mixture of probiotic agents as complementary therapy for chronic functional constipation in childhood

Table 2 Frequency of bowel movements and stool consistency at each follow-up

Time points	Bowel movement frequency, mean ± SD, episodes per wk			Stool consistency, mean ± SD, BSFS grade
Time points	PEG	PEG + PM	P	PEG	PEG + PM	P
Enrollment	2.5 ± 1.1	2.3 ± 0.7	0.344	2.6 ± 0.6	2.5 ± 0.7	0.395
2-week follow-up visit	5.9 ± 1.3	5.4 ± 1.4	0.168	4.2 ± 0.5	3.9 ± 1.0	0.271
4-week follow-up visit	6.3 ± 0.9	6.0 ± 1.2	0.659	4.4 ± 0.5	4.1 ± 0.6	0.267
8-week follow-up visit	6.3 ± 0.9	6.3 ± 1.0	0.924	4.2 ± 0.5	4.2 ± 0.5	0.857

Both bowel movement frequency and stool consistency were improved significantly at each time point in the PEG and PEG + PM groups, compared with the enrollment values (p < 0.05)

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