Table 1.

Enrolled patients according to age, sex, and treatment.

	Group SOC	Group K12	p = 0.2121
N	25	25
Sex: male/female	16/9	13/12
Age (both sex)	51.3 ± 16.0	45.8 ± 14.6
Male age	51.2 ± 15.4	50.2 ± 13.0
Female age	51.4 ± 18.1	41.1 ± 15.3

SOC: standard of care; K12: oral probiotic (+SOC).