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Effects of daily consumption of the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 on anthropometric adiposity biomarkers in abdominally obese subjects: a randomized controlled trial

Publicated to:International Journal Of Obesity. 43 (9): 1863-1868 - 2019-09-01 43(9), DOI: 10.1038/s41366-018-0220-0

Authors: Pedret, Anna; Valls, Rosa M; Calderon-Perez, Lorena; Llaurado, Elisabet; Companys, Judit; Pla-Paga, Laura; Moragas, Ana; Martin-Lujan, Francisco; Ortega, Yolanda; Giralt, Montse; Caimari, Antoni; Chenoll, Empar; Genoves, Salvador; Martore, Patricia; Codoner, Francisco M; Ramon, Daniel; Arola, Lluis; Sola, Rosa

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Biopolis SL/Archer Daniels Midland. R&D Department (ADM Nutrition). C/Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch 9 - Author
Eurecat - Author
Eurecat1, Ctr Tecnol Catalunya, Unitat Nutr & Salut, Reus, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ St Joan Reus, Reus, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut, Primary Care Ctr El Morell, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut, Primary Care Ctr Jaume 1, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Inst Catala Salut, Primary Care Ctr Salou, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Inst Univ Invest Atencio Primaria IDIAP Jordi Gol, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Institut Català de la Salut - Author
Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol - Author
Lifesequencing/Archer Daniels Midland. R&D Department (ADM Nutrition). C/Catedrático Agustín Escardino Benlloch 9 - Author
R&D Dept ADM Nutr, Biopolis SL Archer Daniels Midland, C Catedratico Agustin Escardino Benlloch 9, Paterna Valencia 46980, Spain - Author
R&D Dept ADM Nutr, Lifesequencing Archer Daniels Midland, C Catedratico Agustin Escardino Benlloch 9, Paterna Valencia 46980, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira & Virgili, Dept Med & Cirurgia, Reus, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira & Virgili, Fac Med & Ciencies Salut, Funct Nutr Oxidat & Cardiovasc Dis Grp NFOC Salut, Reus, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira & Virgili, Fac Quim, Grup Recerca Nutrigenom, Tarragona, Spain - Author
Universitat Rovira i Virgili - Author
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut - Author
University Hospital Sant Joan de Reus - Author
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Abstract

© 2018, The Author(s). Background: The effects of probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CECT 8145 (Ba8145) and those of its heat-killed form (h-k Ba8145) on human anthropometric adiposity biomarkers are unknown. Objective: To assess the effect of Ba8145 and h-k Ba8145 ingestion on anthropometric adiposity biomarkers. Design: Randomized, parallel, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with abdominally obese individuals. Participants (n = 135) consumed 1 capsule/day containing 1010 colony forming unit (CFU) of Ba8145, 1010 CFU of h-k Ba8145, or placebo (maltodextrin) for 3 months. Results: Ba8145 ingestion decreased waist circumference, waist circumference/height ratio, and Conicity index (P < 0.05) versus its baseline. Changes versus the placebo group reached significance (P < 0.05) after the h-k Ba8145 treatment. Ba8145 decreased the body mass index compared with baseline and placebo group (P < 0.05). The decrease in visceral fat area after Ba8145 treatments reached significance (P < 0.05) only after h-k Ba8145. When analyses by gender were performed, significance remained only for women. Diastolic blood pressure and HOMA index decreased (P < 0.05) after h-k Ba8145. Gut microbiome analyses showed an increase in Akkermansia spp. after Ba8145 treatment, particularly in the live form, which was inversely related to weight (P = 0.003). Conclusions: In abdominally obese individuals, consumption of Ba8145, both as viable and mainly as heat-killed cells, improves anthropometric adiposity biomarkers, particularly in women. An increase in the gut Akkermansia genus appears as a possible mechanism involved. Our results support Ba8145 probiotic as a complementary strategy in obesity management.

Keywords
Abdominal obesityAdiposityAdultAdultsBifidobacterium animalisCardiovascular riskClinical trialDietFemaleHumansIndexLactobacillus-gasseri sbt2055MaleMassMetaanalysisNutritionObesity, abdominalOverweightProbioticsTissueWaist circumference

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Obesity due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position 29/143, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nutrition & Dietetics.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 6.39. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 8.11 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 28.64 (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 130
  • Scopus: 159
  • Europe PMC: 73
  • Google Scholar: 174
  • OpenCitations: 133
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 347.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 346 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 98.18.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 36 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5610881
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Pedret Figuerola, Anna) and Last Author (Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Valls Zamora, Rosa Maria.