Table 4.
Mineral intake between probiotic and placebo groups, from the 24-h dietary recall analysis
| Variables | Time | Probiotics group (n = 25) | Placebo group (n = 25) | Within‡ (probiotics) | Within‡ (placebo) | P value§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
| Calcium (mg) | Baseline | 299.57 | 180.88 | 292.75 | 154.68 | .95 | ||
| 12 weeks | 313.22 | 146.57 | 320.23 | 131.93 | < .001†* | < .001* | .86 | |
| Phosphorus (mg) | Baseline | 620.98 | 288.69 | 640.13 | 190.92 | .78 | ||
| 12 weeks | 646.44 | 283.92 | 669.24 | 252.61 | .52† | .98† | .65 | |
| Iron (mg) | Baseline | 9.20 | 5.18 | 8.39 | 2.96 | .85 | ||
| 12 weeks | 8.99 | 3.83 | 7.75 | 3.13 | < .001†* | < .001* | .22 | |
| Sodium (mg) | Baseline | 2416.48 | 1208.90 | 2386.26 | 622.60 | .40 | ||
| 12 weeks | 2341.68 | 910.96 | 2634.20 | 1425.67 | .82† | .46 | .39 | |
| Potassium (mg) | Baseline | 1412.86 | 687.28 | 1622.69 | 453.08 | .21 | ||
| 12 weeks | 1524.12 | 653.86 | 1446.63 | 477.39 | .46 | .13 | .63 | |
| Zinc (mg) | Baseline | 9.04 | 15.96 | 5.94 | 1.98 | .76 | ||
| 12 weeks | 5.64 | 2.09 | 5.36 | 1.56 | .24† | .21 | .59 | |
†P value by Wilcoxon signed rank test
‡P value by paired t test
§P value by Mann-Whitney test or independent t test (phosphorus and zinc)
*p < 0.05