Table 1

Changes in fecal recovery of L. fermentum during healthy human volunteer trials


L. fermentum
Groups
* Prevalence (%)
† Count (log10)
Proportion (%)

Day 0
Day 21
Day 0
Day 21
Day 0
Day 21

Goat milk trial, ME-3 (n = 16)
25 (4/16)
100 (16/16)
7.0 ± 0.7
7.3 ± 1.4**
21
13
Control (n = 5)
-
20 (1/5)
-
3.6
-
28
Capsule trial, ME-3 (n = 11)
16.7(2/12)
33.3 (2/12)
4.3 ± 0.5
5.8 ± 1.6
4
9
Placebo (n = 12)
25 (3/12)
16.7 (2/12)
6.3 ± 2.5
8.0 ± 1.6
11
19

* Percentage of subjects with fecal L. fermentum inside the group

** Significantly different from the pre-treatment values (paired t-test): p < 0.001

Median value ± SD

Proportion of L. fermentum among fecal LAB

Songisepp et al. Nutrition Journal 2005 4:22   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-22