Figure 1.
CONSORT study design. Eligibility was assessed in 441 CKD patients, and 41 healthy volunteers with 23 CKD patients and 27 healthy volunteers enrolled and randomized in the Synbiotic (S) (n = 13 CKD, n = 12 healthy) and Placebo (P) arm (n = 10 CKD, n = 15 healthy). No CKD patient dropped out, while in the healthy volunteer group, three subjects dropped out, two allocated in the S-arm and one in the P-arm.