Table 3 Information about pH measurements regarding baseline pH value, maximum pH fall, final pH, mean minimum pH value and the AUC at a critical value of pH 7. A comparison was made between the test and control group at the level of p < 0.05
BASELINE | 1 week | 3 weeks | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Test | Placebo | t-test | Test | Placebo | t-test | Test | Placebo | t-test | |
Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | p value | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | p value | Mean (±SD) | Mean (±SD) | p value | |
Baseline | 6.85 (±0.37) | 6.85 (±0.28) | > 0.999 | 6.93 (±0.15) | 6.87 (±0.26) | 0.474 | 6.95 (±0.13) | 6.86 (±0.23) | 0.227 |
Max pH drop | 1.60 (±0.3) | 1.35 (±0.32) | 0.047 | 1.14 (±0.5) | 1.37 (±0.29) | 0.152 | 1.02 (±0.31) | 1.26 (±0.42) | 0.106 |
Final pH | 6.14 (±0.44) | 6.37 (±0.5) | 0.217 | 6.56 (±0.43) | 6.33 (±0.37) | 0.147 | 6.67 (±0.34) | 6.42 (±0.35) | 0.072 |
Min- max | 4.70–7.00 | 4.55–7.00 | 5.15–7.00 | 4.70–7.00 | 5.45–7.00 | 4.80–7.00 | |||
Mean min pH | 5.2 (±0.33) | 5.4 (±0.39) | 0.105 | 5.7 (±0.55) | 5.5 (±0.34) | 0.153 | 5.9 (±0.35) | 5.5 (±0.41) | 0.038 |
AUC | 38.64 (±4.6) | 31.96 (±4.79) | 0.001 | 24.17 (±5.42) | 31.31 (±4.25) | 0.0007 | 19.27 (±4.44) | 28.32 (±4.56) | 0.00002 |