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Table 1 General characteristics of study participants

From: The effects of probiotic and selenium co-supplementation on parameters of mental health, hormonal profiles, and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

 

Placebo group (n = 30)

Probiotic plus selenium group (n = 30)

Pa

Age (y)

25.6 ± 3.8

26.0 ± 5.3

0.71

Height (cm)

161.6 ± 4.7

161.0 ± 4.4

0.63

Weight at study baseline (kg)

63.4 ± 7.7

63.9 ± 9.3

0.79

Weight at end-of-trial (kg)

63.2 ± 7.6

63.5 ± 9.2

0.86

Weight change (kg)

−0.2 ± 0.7

−0.4 ± 0.5

0.23

BMI at study baseline (kg/m2)

24.0 ± 3.0

24.6 ± 3.3

0.67

BMI at end-of-trial (kg/m2)

24.2 ± 3.0

24.5 ± 3.3

0.73

BMI change (kg/m2)

−0.1 ± 0.3

−0.2 ± 0.2

0.23

  1. Data are means± SDs
  2. aObtained from independent-samples t-test