Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis HN019 and Reduced Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Days

• Comparison of two probiotics in follow-on formula: Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis HN019 reduced upper respiratory tract infections in Chinese infants.

  • 2022-10-04
  • RCT · n = 192
  • Beneficial Microbes 13(4)
  • • J. Dekker
    • M. Quilter
    • H. Qian

  • PubMed: 36004715
  • DOI: 10.3920/BM2022.0041

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Days

  • High evidence

  Confirmed URTIs were observed in 9.4% of the control group, compared to 3.1% in the HN001 group (P=0.273), and 0.0% in the HN019 group (P=0.028).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  10^6 cfu/g