Effect of probiotic supplementation on the gut microbiota diversity in healthy populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
- 2026-01-07
- Meta-Analysis
- BMC medicine 24(1)
- Anna Júlia Éliás
- Kincső Csepke Földvári-Nagy
- Yasmin Zubeida Al-Gharati
- Dániel Sándor Veres
- Tamás Schnabel
- Brigitta Teutsch
- Bálint Erőss
- Péter Hegyi
- Katalin Lenti
- László Földvári-Nagy
- PubMed: 41495831
- DOI: 10.1186/s12916-025-04602-0
- High evidence
The quantitative synthesis revealed no statistically significant effects of probiotics on Shannon diversity, observed operational taxonomic units, Chao1, or Simpson's index of diversity indices compared to unsupplemented controls.
- Effect
- Neutral
- Effect size
- Small
- Significant
- No