A short course of oral ranitidine as a novel treatment for toddler’s diarrhea: a parallel-group randomized controlled trial

Table 2 Comparison of mean stool frequency and stool consistency on the 10th day of various interventions

Primary outcomes	Oral ranitidine^a Mean ± SD	Probiotic^b Mean ± SD	Placebo^c Mean ± SD	F	p-value*
Stool frequency	1.30 ± 0.47	4.40 ± 0.84	5.00 ± 0.94	116.769	< 0.001
Stool consistency	Formed	Loose	Loose

SD standard deviation *p-value < 0.05 adopted as statistically significant
^a3 mg/kg of daily oral ranitidine
^b5 to 10 billion colony-forming units per day of lyophilized lactic acid bacillus
^c50 mg of daily vitamin C tablet

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