[Table/Fig-3]:

Serum lipid and fasting blood glucose levels during the study

	Probiotics (n=31)		Control (n=33)		Difference levels from control
	Mean (SD)	Mean difference (95% CI) from baseline	Mean (SD)	Mean difference (95% CI) from baseline	Mean difference (95% CI)	p-value
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL
Baseline	237.2 (31.7)		231.0 (25.2)		6.2 (-8.0 to 20.9)	0.39
Week 6	212.7 (41.4)*	-24.5 (-34.7 to -14.4) †	252.8 (34.2)	+21.8 (9.4 to 34.2)†	-40.1 (-59.0 to -21.2)*	<0.001
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL
Baseline	56.5 (16.5)		60.7 (18.0)		-4.2 (-12.9 to 4.4)	0.33
Week 6	52.0 (10.2)*	-4.5 (-9.5 to 0.6)	59.1 (16.0)	-1.6 (-8.2 to 4.9)	-7.1 (-13.9 to -0.3)*	0.04
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL
Baseline		158.1 (38.8)		159.4 (26.7)	-1.4 (-17.9 to 15.2)	0.87
Week 6	153.9 (44.3)*	-4.2 (-16.1 to 7.7)	182.1 (39.3)	+22.6 (9.4 to 35.0) †	-28.2 (-48.9 to -7.5)*	<0.01
Triglycerides, mg/dL
Baseline		175.9 (148.2)		151.0 (52.4)	+24.9 (-32.5 to 82.3)	0.38
Week 6	148.0 (97.4)	-28.0 (-63.9 to 8.0)	145 (55.6)	-5.4 (-30.1 to 19.3)	+2.3 (-37.0 to (41.6)	0.91
Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL‡
Baseline		100.0 (91.0-119.0)*			95.0 (90.0-101.0)	0.04
Week 6	97.0 (93.0-108.0)	-2.0 (-11.0 to 9.0) §	95.0 (91-101)	+2.0 (-5.0 to 6.0) §		0.25

*Significant difference from Control group (p-value<0.05)

†Significant difference from baseline within each group (p-value<0.05)

‡Presented as median (IQR)

§Median difference (95% CI) from baseline