Effects of daily consumption of the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 on anthropometric adiposity biomarkers in abdominally obese subjects: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effects of probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 (Ba8145) and those of its heat-killed form (h-k Ba8145) on human anthropometric adiposity biomarkers are unknown.

Objective

To assess the effect of Ba8145 and h-k Ba8145 ingestion on anthropometric adiposity biomarkers.

Design

Randomized, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with abdominally obese individuals. Participants (n = 135) consumed 1 capsule/day containing 10¹⁰ colony forming unit (CFU) of Ba8145, 10¹⁰ CFU of h-k Ba8145, or placebo (maltodextrin) for 3 months.

Results

Ba8145 ingestion decreased waist circumference, waist circumference/height ratio, and Conicity index (P < 0.05) versus its baseline. Changes versus the placebo group rea

SUBMITTER: Pedret A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6760601 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature