Probiotic Foods Are Effective on Weight Loss, Biochemical Parameters, and Intestinal Microbiota in Wistar Albino Rats with Obese Microbiota

Table 4

The correlation of intestinal microbiota by dietary intervention.

Lactobacillus (n = 7 per group)		NDC (n = 7)	HFDC (n = 7)	Kefir + HFD (n = 7)	Tarhana + HFD (n = 7)	Kefir + Tarhana + HFD (n = 7)
NDC	Correlation coefficient	1.000	0.088	0.−072	0.590	0.509
	Sig. (two-tailed)	—	0.099	0.000	0.001	0.004
HFDC	Correlation coefficient	0.088	1.000	0.777	0.256	0.905
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.099	—	0.003	0.000	0.001
Kefir + HFD	Correlation coefficient	0.−072	0.777	1.000	0.854	0.609
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.000	0.003	—	0.063	0.291
Tarhana + HFD	Correlation coefficient	0.590	0.256	0.854	1.000	0.343
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.001	0.000	0.063	—	0.129
Kefir + Tarhana + HFD	Correlation coefficient	0.509	0.905	0.609	0.343	1.000
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.004	0.001	0.291	0.129	—
Total coliform group bacteria (n = 7 per group)
NDC	Correlation coefficient	1.000	0.453	0.276	0.118	0.391
	Sig. (two-tailed)	—	0.032	0.002	0.001	0.003
HFDC	Correlation coefficient	0.453	1.000	0.464	0.106	0.045
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.032	—	0.001	0.002	0.000
Kefir + HFD	Correlation coefficient	0.276	0.464	1.000	0.−084	0.044
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.002	0.001	—	0.587	0.161
Tarhana + HFD	Correlation coefficient	0.118	0.106	0.−084	1.000	0.367
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.001	0.002	0.587	—	0.175
Kefir + Tarhana + HFD	Correlation coefficient	0.391	0.045	0.044	0.367	1.000
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.003	0.000	0.161	0.175	—

NDC, Normal diet control; HFDC, High fat diet Control; Kefir + HFD, Kefir + High fat diet; Tarhana + HFD, Tarhana + High fat diet; Kefir + Tarhana + HFD, Kefir + Tarhana + High fat diet. Numbers written in bold characters are statistically significant ().