Table 1 |
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Changes in fecal recovery of L. fermentum during healthy human volunteer trials |
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L. fermentum |
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Groups |
* Prevalence (%) |
† Count (log10) |
‡Proportion (%) |
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Day 0 |
Day 21 |
Day 0 |
Day 21 |
Day 0 |
Day 21 |
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Goat milk trial, ME-3 (n = 16) |
25 (4/16) |
100 (16/16) |
7.0 ± 0.7 |
7.3 ± 1.4** |
21 |
13 |
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Control (n = 5) |
- |
20 (1/5) |
- |
3.6 |
- |
28 |
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Capsule trial, ME-3 (n = 11) |
16.7(2/12) |
33.3 (2/12) |
4.3 ± 0.5 |
5.8 ± 1.6 |
4 |
9 |
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Placebo (n = 12) |
25 (3/12) |
16.7 (2/12) |
6.3 ± 2.5 |
8.0 ± 1.6 |
11 |
19 |
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* 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 |
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Songisepp et al. Nutrition Journal 2005 4:22 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-4-22 |
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