Supplementation of Heat-Treated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum nF1 Changes the Production of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Healthy Infants

Table 2

Questionnaire after 8 weeks in the control and HLp-nF1 groups.

	n or Mean ± SD		P value
	Control group (n = 13)	HLp-nF1 group (n = 30)
Weight (g)	6,200.0 ± 1,105.29	6,285.18 ± 872.45	0.858
Height (cm)	62.04 ± 6.76	60.57 ± 3.50	0.321
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Vomiting	1 (7.7)	2 (6.7)	0.361
Loose stool or diarrhea	0 (0.0)	3 (10.0)
Constipation	2 (15.4)	1 (3.3)
Poor weight gain	0 (0.0)	2 (6.7)
Irritability	1 (7.7)	2 (6.7)
None	9 (69.2)	20 (66.7)
Stool frequency (per day)
<1	5 (38.5)	5 (16.7)	0.254
1	5 (38.5)	8 (26.7)
2-3	3 (23.0)	12 (40.0)
>3	0 (0.0)	5 (16.7)

Data are presented as numbers (percent) or means ± SD. Comparisons of the mean values of continuous and categorical variables between groups were conducted using the t-test and Fisher’s exact-test, respectively; values <0.05 denote statistically significant differences. HLp-nF1, heat-treated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum nF1; SD, standard deviation.