highly significantp < 0.001
This was found to be highly significant from the 15th until the 30th day after the administration of the probiotics ( p < 0.001), particularly for the OB group, irrespective of the sex, at day 30 ( p < 0.01) compared to the control group (1.7 ± 0.12 control vs. 1.68 ± 0.12 (OL) vs. 1.59 ± 0.17 g/L (OB) from the 15th day and (1.64 ± 0.10 control vs. 1.42 ± 0.10 (OL) vs. 1.34 ± 0.06 g/L (OB)) on the 30th day, as clearly depicted in Figure 3 .