Table-2.
Concentrations (μM) of short-chain fatty acids in the serum of control and DFA III group animals.
| Parameters | Control | DFA III | ||||||
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| LS mean | 95%CI | p-value | LS mean | 95%CI | p-value | |||
| Acetic acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 50.110 | 44.986 | 55.235 | - | 49.241 | 44.340 | 54.143 | - |
| Day 9 | 42.396 | 37.004 | 47.789 | 0.042 | 44.897 | 39.775 | 50.020 | 0.225 |
| Day 14 | 30.944 | 24.936 | 36.952 | <0.001 | 32.905 | 27.234 | 38.577 | <0.001 |
| Propionic acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 16.337 | 14.158 | 18.516 | - | 16.702 | 14.615 | 18.789 | - |
| Day 9 | 13.631 | 11.345 | 15.917 | 0.092 | 14.846 | 12.667 | 17.025 | 0.223 |
| Day 14 | 9.953 | 7.394 | 12.513 | <0.001 | 9.742 | 7.333 | 12.150 | <0.001 |
| Isobutyric acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 1.108 | 0.918 | 1.299 | - | 0.974 | 0.794 | 1.154 | - |
| Day 9 | 0.863 | 0.667 | 1.059 | 0.072 | 1.143 | 0.954 | 1.333 | 0.189 |
| Day 14 | 0.677 | 0.453 | 0.902 | 0.004 | 0.687 | 0.478 | 0.896 | 0.038 |
| Butyric acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 30.337 | 27.897 | 32.778 | - | 30.858 | 28.520 | 33.197 | - |
| Day 9 | 22.007 | 19.448 | 24.566 | <0.001 | 20.348 | 17.902 | 22.794 | <0.001 |
| Day 14 | 13.520 | 10.653 | 16.388 | <0.001 | 14.971 | 12.273 | 17.669 | <0.001 |
| 2-Methylbutanoic acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 3.047 | 2.705 | 3.390 | - | 2.907 | 2.581 | 3.234 | - |
| Day 9 | 2.481 | 2.123 | 2.840 | 0.025 | 2.529 | 2.188 | 2.869 | 0.113 |
| Day 14 | 1.915 | 1.516 | 2.313 | <0.001 | 1.789 | 1.410 | 2.167 | <0.001 |
| Isovaleric acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 1.032 | 0.902 | 1.163 | - | 0.949 | 0.826 | 1.073 | - |
| Day 9 | 0.792 | 0.656 | 0.928 | 0.013 | 0.804 | 0.675 | 0.934 | 0.109 |
| Day 14 | 0.576 | 0.425 | 0.727 | <0.001 | 0.615 | 0.471 | 0.760 | <0.001 |
| Valeric acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 4.077 | 3.751 | 4.402 | - | 1.197 | 1.116 | 1.277 | - |
| Day 9 | 3.345 | 3.003 | 3.686 | 0.004 | 0.829 | 0.745 | 0.913 | <0.001 |
| Day 14 | 2.435 | 2.054 | 2.816 | <0.001 | 0.636 | 0.543 | 0.729 | <0.001 |
| Caproic acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 1.185 | 1.101 | 1.268 | - | 1.197 | 1.116 | 1.277 | - |
| Day 9 | 0.880 | 0.793 | 0.968 | <0.001 | 0.829 | 0.745 | 0.913 | <0.001 |
| Day 14 | 0.671 | 0.572 | 0.770 | <0.001 | 0.636 | 0.543 | 0.729 | <0.001 |
| 2-Metylhexanelic acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 1.557 | 1.386 | 1.727 | - | 1.636 | 1.472 | 1.800 | - |
| Day 9 | 1.018 | 0.840 | 1.197 | <0.001 | 0.988 | 0.817 | 1.158 | <0.001 |
| Day 14 | 0.748 | 0.547 | 0.948 | <0.001 | 0.763 | 0.574 | 0.951 | <0.001 |
| Enhatic acid | ||||||||
| Day 0 | 0.753 | 0.696 | 0.809 | - | 0.789 | 0.735 | 0.844 | - |
| Day 9 | 0.590 | 0.531 | 0.649 | <0.001 | 0.520 | 0.463 | 0.576 | <0.001 |
| Day 14 | 0.412 | 0.344 | 0.479 | <0.001 | 0.319 | 0.257 | 0.381 | <0.001 |
LS mean=Least square mean, 95%CI=95% confidence interval, p-value: Versus Day 0, DFA III=Difructose anhydride III