Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Characteristics	Placebo group (n = 31)	Lactobacillus acidophilus plus bifidobacterium bifidum (Infloran®) group (n = 32)	p-value
Median age (year)	52	47	0.146§
Stage of cervical cancer			0.80¶
IIB, n (%)	18 (58.1)	17 (53.1)
IIIB, n (%)	13 (41.9)	15 (46.9)
ECOG performance status			0.08¶
0, n (%)	29 (93.5)	24 (75.0)
1, n (%)	2 (6.5)	8 (25.0)
Whole pelvis Radiotherapy technique			0.60¶
AP-PA technique, n (%)	22 (71.0)	20 (62.5)
4-field box technique, n (%)	9 (29.0)	12 (37.5)

Tests: ^¶ Fisher's exact test; ^§ Mann-Whitney.