Effect of Combined Live Probiotics Alleviating the Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Functional Bowel Disorders

Table 1

Participant data (, , %).

Items	Probiotics group	Control group	Independent sample -test or chi-square test
	Baseline
Age (, years)			,
Male/female ()	9/16	6/19	,
GSRS (median IQR)			,
BMI (kg/m^2)			,
Weight (kg)			,
Positive rate of SIBO (%)	60	52
OTU			,
Shannon index			,
Simpson index			,
4 weeks after colonoscopy and treatment
GSRS (median IQR)	^a	^b	,
BMI (kg/m^2)	^a		,
Weight (kg)	^a		,
Positive rate of SIBO (%)	28^a	56	,
OTU			,
Shannon index			,
Simpson index			,

GSRS: gastrointestinal symptom rating scale; BMI: body mass index; SIBO: small intestinal bacteria overgrowth; SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; OTU: operational taxonomic unit. ^aPaired values of one month after colonoscopy vs. baseline in the probiotics group (, paired sample -test or Wilcoxon test). ^bValues of one month after colonoscopy vs. baseline in the control group (, paired sample -test or Wilcoxon test).