Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

• Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12® on the lipid/lipoprotein profile and short chain fatty acids in healthy young adults: a randomized controlled trial

  • 2017-06-29
  • RCT · n = 30
  • Nutrition Journal 16(1)
  • • Yujin Lee
    • Zhaoyong Ba
    • R. Roberts
    • C. Rogers
    • J. Fleming
    • Huicui Meng
    • E. Furumoto
    • P. Kris-Etherton

  • PubMed: 28662676
  • DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0261-6

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced Low-Density Lipoprotein Level

  • High evidence

  Fecal total SCFAs were negatively associated with TC (r = -0.22, P = 0.01), LDL-C (r = -0.24, P = 0.004), age (r = -0.33, P < 0.001), and waist circumference (r = -0.25, P = 0.003).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes