showed a trendP = .067
3.2 Early life synbiotics improve glucose and lipid metabolism in adulthood To address whether protection from obesity was also associated with improved metabolic parameters, we determined the HOMA‐IR index as a surrogate marker for insulin resistance and found that the SYN group showed a trend towards reduced HOMA‐IR ( P = .067) compared with the CTRL group (Figure 2 A), suggesting improved insulin sensitivity.