Yogurt supplemented with probiotics can protect the healthy elderly from respiratory infections: A randomized controlled open-label trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 1223-1231

  Pu, Fangfang ^a   Guo, Yue ^a,b   Li, Ming ^a   Zhu, Hong ^c   Wang, Shijie ^c   Shen, Xi ^a   He, Miao ^a   Huang, Chengyu ^a   He, Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chengdu Center for Disease Control Prevention   (China)

^c Shijiazhuang Junlebao Dairy Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Acute upper respiratory tract infection; Elderly; Immunosenescence; Lactobacillus paracasei N1115; Probiotics; Yogurt

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INCIDENCE; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOGURT;

EID: 85027031069     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S141518     Document Type: Article

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