Fig 1.
Flow diagram of the study progress.
Table 1.
Data are given as mean±SD.
Fig 2.
Gut microbiota composition in MetS patients and controls.
Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes ratio (a) PCoA Plot (Weighted UniFrac, b) and abundance of Parabacteroides (c) concerning LcS supplementation.
Table 2.
Evenness and diversity of gut microbiota in MetS and healthy controls.
Data are given as median (quartiles).
Table 3.
Zonulin and Calprotectin concentrations in serum and stool of MetS patients and controls.
Data are given as median (quartiles).