Number of participants

Day of Supplementation	Straining	Placebo	B. coagulans	P value Δ
		(N=20)	MTCC 5856
			(N=18)
Baseline (Day 0)	No	12	11	1
Baseline (Day 0)	Yes	7	9	1
End of Study (Day 30)	No	7	14	0.187
End of Study (Day 30)	Yes	4	2	0.187

Table 4: Number of participants who experienced at least one bowel movement that required straining to start defecation, during the 30 day supplementation with B. coagulans MTCC 5856 or Placebo. Δ Between-group comparisons were made using the Fisher’s exact test.