Improvement of nutritional status and incidence of infection in hospitalised, enterally fed elderly by feeding of fermented milk containing probiotic Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 (NCC533)
- 2007-11
- RCT · n = 24
- British Journal of Nutrition 98(5)
- Y. Fukushima
- S. Miyaguchi
- T. Yamano
- Tomoko Kaburagi
- H. Iino
- K. Ushida
- Kazuto Sato
- PubMed: 17617944
- DOI: 10.1017/S0007114507764723
- High evidence
- Highly Cited
There was a trend towards an increase in blood phagocytic activity (a natural immunity marker) in the subjects whose initial level was low in the LC1 group
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No