Table 2.

Hematological parameters pretraining

	T0 or T1 Placebo Treatment	T1 Probiotics Treatment	P
HCT, %	39.70 ± 4.35	41.20 ± 3.10	0.0692
MCH, pg	16.30 ± 1.33	15.40 ± 1.31	0.0283
MCHC, g/dl	32.80 ± 1.55	32.90 ± 1.71	0.0995
RDWc, %	21.60 ± 0.79	21.20 ± 0.62	0.0452

Values are means ± SD. For readability reasons, only comparisons characterized by a P < 0.1 are reported. HCT, hematocrit; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDWc, red cells distribution width coefficient.