2.8.1. Determination of Sample Size
obesity
OBESITY, TYPE 2 DIABETES
The primary parameter, body fat mass, was selected by estimating the sample size for several potential parameters (HbA1c, HOMA-IR, body weight, body fat mass, waist, etc.) within different populations (overweight, obesity, type 2 diabetes, IFG, etc.) based on the most recent meta-analysis of the effects of probiotics (all species and strains) published by Koutnikova et al., 2019 [