Long-term diosmectite use does not alter the gut microbiota in adults with chronic diarrhea

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Characteristics of the early responders, late responders and no responder at baseline (D-1)

	Early responder	Late responder	Non responder	p early/non	p early/late	p non/late
Number	9	10	14	-	-	-
Age (years)	41 ± 14	36 ± 13	36 ± 12	0.31	0.44	0.75
Sex (Female %)	22	40	50	0.37	0.74	0.94
Country (GBR %)	89	40	71	0.64	0.084	0.26
Bristol stool scale	6.2 ± 0.73	5.6 ± 0.78	4.9 ± 1.2	0.011	0.17	0.098
MGS richness	200 ± 46	240 ± 43	220 ± 48	0.38	0.11	0.33

P-value correspond to Mann–Whitney test for quantitative variables (age, Bristol scale, MGS richness), and for Chi-squared test for categorical variables (sex, country expressed as Great Britain percentage). Quantitative values are displayed as mean ± standard deviation

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