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

Table 5

The comparison of blood glucose levels before and after dietary intervention.

Dietary intervention (n=7 per group)	Comparison between groups
	Blood glucose level (78–155 mg/dl) (M ± SD)
	0^th day	3^rd month	6^th month	p value
NDC^a	96.57 ± 0.53^a	95.57 ± 3.95^a	99.14 ± 4.53^a	0.22
HFDC^b	96.71 ± 0.76^a	118.57 ± 10.69b^a,b	160.57 ± 2.64^ba,bc,c	0.00
Kefir + HFD^c	96.85 ± 0.69^a	109.00 ± 4.47^ca,cb,b	120.86 ± 2.19^ca,ce,c	0.00
Tarhana + HFD^d	96.14 ± 1.34^a	103.71 ± 3.82^db,b	117.86 ± 2.04^da,db,c	0.00
Kefir + Tarhana + HFD^e	96.71 ± 0.75^a	104.14 ± 2.41^eb,b	113.85 ± 4.98^ea,eb,c	0.00
p value	0.59	0.00	0.00

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. a, b, c, d, e: Lettering represent groups. It states that there is a substantial difference among interventions represented by the letters in the double lettering. p values are for changes between groups (). Multiple group comparisons were performed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD posthoc test. a, b, c: Lettering represents time points. The difference in averages was made by Bonferroni multiple comparisons. The differences with 95% confidence were marked with different notations. values are for changes within groups ().