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Table 4.

Associations of gut leakage markers, microbial metabolites and cardiac function with the microbiota Shannon diversity index (n = 124).

	Shannon index
	Spearman's rho	p-value
LPS	0.16	0.08
LBP	−0.12	0.16
I-FABP	−0.30	0.00^*
sCD14	0.01	0.87
Butyrate^a	0.19	0.05^*
TMAO	−0.08	0.38
NT-proBNP	0.15	0.09
LVEF	0.15	0.08

Statistically significant p-values are marked with an asterisk.

^{^a}

Predicted butyrate producing capacity.

NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; LBP, LPS-binding protein; I-FABP, intestinal fatty acid binding protein; sCD14, soluble cluster of differentiation 14; TMAO, trimethylamine N-oxide; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction.