Day of Supplementation Placebo B. coagulans MTCC 5856 P value Δ (N=20) (N=18) Baseline (Day 0) 3.76 ± 0.63 3.91 ± 0.86 0.608 End of Study (Day 30) 3.61 ± 0.62 4.40 ± 0.87 0.275 Change from Baseline to Day 30 p=0.336 p=0.021 0.022

Table 7: The average BSS for all participants during the 30 Day supplementation with either B. coagulans MTCC 5856 or Placebo. Δ Between-group comparisons were made using the unpaired Student’s ttest. Within-group comparisons were made using the paired Student’s t-test.