Table 3 Effects of probiotic supplementation on anthropometric measures, body composition and laboratory measurements
Variables | Probiotic (n = 34) | Placebo (n = 34) | P values | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | After | Change | Baseline | After | Change | Time | Group | Time * Group | |
Weight (kg) | 81±11.06 | 81.5±12 | 0.5 | 77.9±11.4 | 77.7±11.2 | 0.2 | 0.94 | 0.35 | 0.72 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 31.2±3.3 | 30.4±6.3 | 0.8 | 31.1±3.4 | 31.01±3.5 | 0.09 | 0.96 | 0.6 | 0.11 |
WC (cm) | 105.7±8.2 | 101.4±19.3 | 4.3 | 105.8±9.6 | 105.56±9.5 | 0.24 | 0.65 | 0.95 | 0.2 |
FM (kg) | 28.2±7 | 27.3±8 | 0.9 | 28.9±6.6 | 28.87±6.7 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.86 | 0.42 |
FFM (kg) | 52±9.8 | 53.7±11 | 1.7 | 49.07±8.1 | 48.8±7.7 | 0.27 | 0.9 | 0.08 | 0.07 |
FBS (mg/dl) | 207±74 | 176±53 | 31 | 184.6±57 | 176.5±52 | 8.1 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.06 |
HbA1c (%) | 9.9±2.4 | 8.4±1.4 | 1.5 | 8.36±1.6 | 8.33±1.3 | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.09 | < 0.001* |
Insulin(µU/mL) | 16.9±13.4 | 15.3±7.4 | 1.6 | 22.27±19.6 | 23.1±21 | -0.83 | 0.56 | 0.22 | 0.28 |
HOMA-IR | 7.85±5.3 | 6.7±5.1 | 1.15 | 10.48±9.6 | 10.49±10.3 | -0.01 | 0.3 | 0.21 | 0.26 |
TC(mg/dl) | 186±50 | 181±40 | 5.586 | 168±36 | 169±28 | -1.65 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 0.42 |
LDL(mg/dl) | 131.75±43 | 117±37 | 14.694 | 108.15±38 | 107.47±30 | 0.68 | 0.6 | 0.06 | 0.08 |
HDL(mg/dl) | 38±8 | 44±8.5 | -6 | 40.3±8.8 | 41.6±9.2 | -1.3 | 0.87 | 0.78 | 0.005* |
TG(mg/dl) | 152.3±68 | 141.7±60 | 10.6 | 128.5±55 | 135.85±59 | -7.35 | 0.76 | 0.1 | 0.16 |
Lp-PLA2(ng/ml) | 47.4±7.5 | 41±7 | 6.4 | 46.13±7.1 | 47.3±7.5 | -1.17 | 0.3 | 0.16 | < 0.001* |