Fructo-oligosaccharides has no detected effect on stool frequency

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“At week 8, there was no significant difference in the mean number of stools passed in a 24-hour period by infants in the EF and CF groups (mean ± SE: EF group 1.59 ± 0.43 stools/d vs CF group 2.18 ± 0.32 stools/d, P =.28).”

Quoted verbatim from Effect of an α-lactalbumin-enriched infant formula supplemented with oligofructose on fecal microbiota, stool characteristics, and hydration status: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.

This finding among the 6 findings on its endpoint

fructo-oligosaccharides

Stool frequency

no difference found

Who: Healthy term formula-fed infants, per-protocol population, week 8; both arms fed an alpha-lactalbumin-enriched bovine milk formula, the control without oligofructose
Dose studied: 3.0 g/L in infant formula, fed ad libitum for 8 weeks

Moderate evidencePMID 25297064 · 2015

02 · The study

Study: RCT
Duration: 8 weeks

Evidence, by strength

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03 · The paper

Clinical pediatrics

Effect of an α-lactalbumin-enriched infant formula supplemented with oligofructose on fecal microbiota, stool characteristics, and hydration status: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.

2015PMID 25297064doi 10.1177/0009922814553433An author is affiliated with a producer

What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

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