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

Table 8

Subgroup analyses for the effects of probiotics on LDL-C.

Subgroup	Number of trials	Number of participants	I^2	Standardized mean difference
			%	(95% CI)
Probiotics dosage
≥ 10^10 CFU	6	192	77.6	-0.43 [-0.87, 0.02]
< 10^10 CFU	1	44	/	-0.38 [-0.80, 0.04]
Number of probiotics species
Single	3	99	90.9	-0. 64 [-1.66, 0.37]
Multiple	4	137	73.3	-0.33 [-0.57, -0.09]