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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with placebo, consumption of olestra 20 g/day and 40 g/day for 6 days showed no significant difference in mean stool output (151 + / - 18 g/day and 204 + / - 28 g/day, respectively), mean BM frequency (1. 8 + / - 0. 2 BM/day and 2. 1 + / - 0. 3 BM/day, respectively), and stool water output (138 + / - 13 g/day and 184 + / - 31 g/day, respectively), a significant (p < 0. 05) decrease in stool water content (75. 5 + / - 1. 7 % and 72. 6 + / - 2. 2 %, respectively), and either no effect on stool apparent viscosity (olestra 20 g/day, mean log PF, 3. 0 + / - 0. 1 g) or a gradual stool-softening effect beginning study day 6 (olestra 40 g/day, log PF, 2. 7 + / - 0. 1 g).