Stool characteristics of infants receiving short-chain galacto-oligosaccharides and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides: A review

Table 1 Summarizes the studies that included effects of a specific mixture of short chain galacto-oligosaccharides and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides on stool characteristics

Author	Age group	Dose	n	Outcome	Result in scGOS/lcFOS group
Costalos 2008	Term	0.4 g/100 mL	140 (2 groups)	Stool frequency	Statistically significant increase after 10 wk of intervention
				Stool consistency	Statistically significant softer stools after 10 wk of intervention
Moro 2002	Term	0.4/0.8 g/100 mL	90 (3 groups)	Stool frequency	Statistically significant increase after 4 wk of intervention
				Stool consistency	Statistically significant softer stools after 4 wk of intervention
Veereman 2011	Term	0.8 g/100 mL	76 (5 groups)	Stool frequency	No statistically significant differences
				Stool consistency	Statistically significant softer stools after 2 and 4 wk of intervention
Bisceglia 2009	Term	0.8 g/100 mL	76 (2 groups)	Stool frequency	Statistically significant increase throughout 4 wk of intervention
				Stool consistency	Not measured
Boehm 2002	Preterm	1.0 g/100 mL	42 (3 groups)	Stool frequency	Statistically significant increase after 4 wk of intervention
				Stool consistency	Statistically significant softer stools after 4 wk of intervention
Mihatsch 2006	Preterm	1.0 g/100 mL	20 (2 groups)	Stool frequency	No statistically significant differences
				Stool consistency	Results not provided
				Viscosity	Statistically significant lower viscosity after 2 wk of intervention
Modi 2010	Preterm	0.8 g/100 mL	150 (2 groups)	Stool frequency	No statistically significant differences
				Stool consistency	No statistically significant differences

scGOS/lcFOS: Short chain galacto-oligosaccharides and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides.