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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Compared with placebo, consumption of 20 g/day wheat bran for 6 days resulted in a rapid (within 38 h) increase in mean (+ / - SE) stool output (placebo, 150 + / - 29 g/day ; bran, 246 + / - 35 g/day, p < 0. 05), a directional increase in mean stool water content (placebo, 81. 2 + / - 0. 8 % ; bran, 83. 9 + / - 0. 8 %), stool water output (placebo, 159 + / - 54 g/day ; bran, 238 + / - 30 g/day), and bowel movement frequency (BM/day) (placebo, 2. 2 + / - 0. 4 ; bran, 2. 6 + / - 0. 4), and no stool-softening effect (placebo log PF, 2. 9 + / - 0. 1 g ; bran log PF, 2. 9 + / - 0. 1 g).