Table 3. Volunteers’ hematological and biochemical data.

Parameter	Probiotic groups (n=80)		Placebo group (n=20)
	t1	t2	t1	t2
Hemoglobin	14.2 ± 0.2	14.1 ± 0.2	14.0 ± 0.3	13.9 ± 0.3
Hematocrit	42.7 ± 0.8	41.4 ± 0.5	41.7 ± 0.9	41.2 ± 1
Mean Corpuscular Volume	88.2 ± 0.5	87.7 ± 0.5	86.5 ± 1.2	86.0 ± 1.1
Leucocytes	6.2 ± 0.1	6.0 ± 0.2	6.4 ± 0.3	6.2 ± 0.4
Total cholesterol	182.4 ± 3.8	182.3 ± 4	180.0 ± 4.6	183.0 ± 7.5
HDL-cholesterol	65.6 ± 1.9	65.0 ± 2	59.0 ± 3	58.0 ± 3.7
LDL-cholesterol	103.1 ± 3.2	104.8 ± 3.6	109.0 ± 3.4	112.0 ± 6.1
Glucose	83.9 ± 0.9	83.4 ± 0.4	85.0 ± 1.8	86.4 ± 1.8
Aspartate transaminase	23.7 ± 1.5	22.3 ± 1.0	25.4 ± 2.1	23.9 ± 1.5
Alanine transaminase	19.1 ± 1.3	21.5 ± 1.2	18.8 ± 1.9	21.1 ± 1.7
γ-glutamyl transferase	17.6 ± 1.2*	17.0 ± 1.1*	14.0 ± 0.9	13.4 ± 0.8
Creatinine	0.8 ± 0.01	0.8 ± 0.02	0.8 ± 0.03	0.8 ± 0.03

Values are means ± SEM. Hemoglobin (g/dL), hematocrit (%), mean corpuscular volume (fL), leukocytes (x10³/µL), total cholesterol (mg/dL), HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), glucose (mg/dL), aspartate transaminase (U/L), alanine transaminase (U/L), γ-glutamyl transferase (U/L), creatinine (mg/dL). *P<0.05 probiotic groups vs. placebo; t₁, first washout; t₂, intervention.