Effect of Combined Live Probiotics Alleviating the Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Functional Bowel Disorders

Table 4

Results of linear regression analysis ( values).

Changed of items	Probiotics treatment	Baseline BMI	Baseline obesity	Age	Gender
OTU	0.557	0.697	0.539	0.935	0.386
Shannon index	0.005	0.189	0.922	0.281	0.576
Simpson index	0.204	0.401	0.363	0.458	0.831
Actinobacteria	<0.001	0.498	0.957	0.194	0.189
Bacteroidetes	0.036	0.625	0.407	0.382	0.788
Firmicutes	0.632	0.823	0.593	0.302	0.059
Fusobacteria	0.042	0.281	0.865	0.737	0.561
Proteobacteria	0.469	0.263	0.358	0.265	0.450
Other	0.113	0.313	0.696	0.267	0.972
GSRS	0.001	0.855	0.842	0.501	0.851
SIBO	0.017	0.243	0.287	0.531	0.670

BMI: body mass index; GSRS: gastrointestinal symptom rating scale; SIBO: small intestinal bacteria overgrowth; OTU: operational taxonomic unit.