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Digestive tolerability and acceptability of Fibersol-2 in healthy and diarrheal children 1-3 years old at a rural facility, Bangladesh: Results from a four arm exploratory study

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PLOS ONE
卷 17, 期 9, 页码 -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274302

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  1. Matsutani Chemical Industry Company Limited, Japan on behalf of ADM/Matsutani LLC, USA

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This study evaluated the digestive tolerability and acceptability of Fibersol-2 in both healthy and diarrheal children aged 1-3 years, as well as its effect on improving stool consistencies in diarrheal children. The results showed that Fibersol-2 was well tolerated in both healthy and diarrheal children.
Background Fibersol-2 has some beneficial effects on human health. We aimed to evaluate the digestive tolerability and acceptability of Fibersol-2 in healthy and diarrheal children, as well as improvement in stool consistencies in young diarrheal children. Methods Sixty children of either sex, aged 1-3 years having four groups (healthy children/low dose, healthy children/high dose, children with diarrhea/low dose and children with diarrhea/high dose) were enrolled into this exploratory study between 1(st) August to 23(rd) October 2017. Two presumptive doses, low (2.5g) and high (5g), twice daily with 50 ml drinking water for seven days were the interventions. Outcomes were to observe the development of possible abdominal symptoms, such as pain, distension, rumbling, and bloating during the intervention and post-intervention periods in healthy and diarrheal children as well as improvement in stool consistencies in diarrheal children. Results Among the diarrheal children, the median (IQR) duration of resolution of diarrhea was 3.9 (2.9, 5.1) days vs. 3.5 (2.0, 8.0) days, p = 0.885; in low dose and high dose groups, respectively. Significant difference was observed in terms of abdominal pain (27% vs. 7%, p = 0.038) and distension (40% vs. 0%, p<0.001) in diarrheal children, compared to healthy children during the pre-intervention period. We also observed significant difference in respect of abdominal distension (23% vs. 0%, p = 0.011), rumbling (27% vs. 0%, p = 0.005) and bloating (43% vs. 3%, p = 0.001) in diarrheal children, compared to healthy children during the intervention period. However, no significant difference was observed in relation to abdominal pain (p = 0.347) and distension (p = 0.165) during the pre-intervention period, compared to the intervention period in diarrheal children. Moreover, no significant difference was observed during the post-intervention period for the diarrheal and healthy children. Conclusion Fibersol-2 was found to be well tolerated in healthy and diarrheal children aged 1-3 years.

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