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. 2012 May 30;35(4):1311–1326. doi: 10.1007/s11357-012-9434-6

Table 3.

Immunoglobulin and complement quantification (g/L) (mean ± SD) at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months

	Placebo group				Probiotic group
	Baseline	3 months	6 months	p value between groups^a	Baseline	3 months	6 months	p value between groups^a
IgG	9.86 ± 1.47^a	9.44 ± 2.67	9.67 ± 1.97	ns	10.89 ± 1.9	10.56 ± 1.89	9.89 ± 1.77	ns
IgM	0.99 ± 0.59	0.95 ± 0.72	1.06 ± 0.61	ns	1.75 ± 0.95	1.65 ± 0.86	1.48 ± 0.7	ns
IgA	2.22 ± 0.84	2.12 ± 0.87	2.06 ± 0.94	ns	3.39 ± 1.38	3.3 ± 1.3	3.18 ± 1.64	ns
C3	1.95 ± 0.49	1.95 ± 0.51	1.74 ± 0.38	ns	1.83 ± 0.12	1.65 ± 0.47	1.66 ± 0.2	ns
C4	0.44 ± 0.1	0.45 ± 0.09	0.43 ± 0.1	ns	0.48 ± 0.08	0.45 ± 0.08	0.46 ± 0.06	ns

^aCalculated using the paired Student’s t test