Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Improved Defecation Condition

• Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 and Magnesium Oxide in Children with Functional Chronic Constipation: A Double-Blind and Randomized Clinical Trial

  • 2020-01-15
  • RCT · n = 60
  • Nutrients 12(1)
  • • M. Kubota
    • Kazuya Ito
    • K. Tomimoto
    • Mitsuharu Kanazaki
    • K. Tsukiyama
    • A. Kubota
    • H. Kuroki
    • M. Fujita
    • Y. Vandenplas

  • PubMed: 31952280
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu12010225

  4 Insights on

  • Improved Defecation Condition

  • High evidence

  All three groups exhibited significant improvement in defecation frequency in the fourth week compared with the baseline condition (group A: p < 0.05; group B: p < 0.05; group C: p < 0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes