Table 3.

Lactobacillus spp. levels of each group with different follow-up times and statistical analysis between and within each group

Groups	T0	T1	T2	T3	p-value†
Group A	9.68 × 1010 ± 4.73 × 1011	1.66 × 1012 ± 7.76 × 1012	4.42 × 1012 ± 2.21 × 1013	1.41 × 1012 ± 6.22 × 1012	0.54
Group B	1.55 × 109 ± 6.45 × 109	2.63 × 1011 ± 9.99 × 1011	3.32 × 1010 ± 1.65 × 1011	2.25 × 1010 ± 1.09 × 1010	0.96
p-value‡	0.09	0.14	0.08	0.03*

Lactobacillus spp. levels were given as mean ± standard deviation values; † refers statistical analysis with Friedman test for intragroup comparison with 95% CI Difference and ‡ refers statistical analysis with Kruskal-Wallis Test for intergroup comparison with 95% CI Difference