Table 1.

Summary of the study subjects’ characteristics.

Characteristics	Control (n = 33)	Patients (n = 22)
Age (means ± SD)	34.5 ± 8.2	35.0 ± 7.1
Gender(Female/male)	21/12	14/8
BMI(means ± SD)	23.85 ± 3.56	24.18 ± 3.24
Complications, no
Hypertension	0	0
Diabetes mellitus	0	0
Hyperlipidemia	0	1
Irritable bowel syndrome	0	0
Autoimmune liver disease	0	0
Active infections	0	0
Antibiotics use within 1 month, no	0	0
Yogurt use within 1 month, no	0	0
Immunosuppressive medications within 3 months	0	0

BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.