Number of participants

Day of Supplementation	Straining	Placebo	*B. coagulans*	P value Δ
		(N=20)	MTCC 5856
			(N=18)
Baseline (Day 0)	No	17	15	0.407
Baseline (Day 0)	Yes	2	5	0.407
End of Study (Day 30)	No	11	15	1
End of Study (Day 30)	Yes	0	1	1

Table 5: Number of participants who experienced at least one bowel movement that required straining to stop defecation, during the 30 Day supplementation with either B. coagulans MTCC 5856 or Placebo. Δ Between-group comparisons were made using the Fisher’s exact test.