The Potential Role of Probiotics in Controlling Overweight/Obesity and Associated Metabolic Parameters in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 6

Subgroup analyses for the effects of probiotics on TC.

Subgroup	Number of trials	Number of participants	I^2	Standardized mean difference
			%	(95% CI)
Probiotics dosage
≥ 10^10 CFU	6	192	77.4	-0.43 -0.87, 0.01
< 10^10 CFU	1	44	/	-0.50 -0.92, -0.07
Number of probiotics species
Single	3	99	89.3	-0.61 -1.54, -0.32
Multiple	4	137	16.8	-0.39 -0.66, -0.13