Efficacy of the Synbiotic Supplementation on the Metabolic Factors in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Randomized, Triple-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the trial participants.

Variable	Synbiotic group (n = 52)	Placebo group (n = 56)	value
Age (year)	42.77 ± 8.35	45.64 ± 9.33	0.096
Gender (%)			0.482^#
Female	57.7	64.3
Male	42.3	35.7
Educational status (%)			0.173^#
Under diploma	3.8	12.5
Diploma	17.3	23.2
Bachelor	65.4	58.9
Master’s and higher	13.5	5.4
Total MET-h/d
Baseline	1160.91 ± 1173.12	1538 ± 1104.90	0.099
At 12 wk	1122.98 ± 1132.31	1550.14 ± 1132.31	0.061

Data are reported as mean ± SD or number (percent). value less than 0.05 is considered significant; value: calculated using independent-samples t-test; value^#: calculated using chi-square. MET-h/d: metabolic equivalent task-hour/day.