Table 1.

Anthropometric characteristics of the patients.

		CON group (n = 23)	PRO group (n = 25)	P value
Gender	Male	10	7	0.42
	Female	13	18	0.25
Age (year)		80.57 ± 1.79	79.70 ± 1.72	0.36
Weight (kg)	Before treatment	60.63 ± 1.26	60.12 ± 1.12	0.42
	After treatment	60.58 ± 2.36	60.32 ± 1.42	0.48
Height (cm)		156.43 ± 1.86	156.77 ± 1.23	0.38
BMI (kg/m2)	Before treatment	24.44 ± 1.33	24.05 ± 1.07	0.47
	After treatment	24.56 ± 1.34	24.21 ± 1.06	0.45

CON, control; PRO, Probiotic.