Table 2.

The correlation between SCFAs and cytokine in SFF model system

Cytokine	SCFAs
	Acetate		Propionate		Butyrate
	r	p	r	p	r	p
CCL5	0.919	< 0.001	0.860	0.001	0.967	< 0.001
IL-10	0.728	0.017	0.780	0.008	0.749	0.012
IL-17A	− 0.929	< 0.001	− 0.839	0.002	− 0.808	0.005
IL-6	− 0.965	< 0.001	− 0.873	< 0.001	− 0.890	< 0.001
IL-1β	− 0.723	0.018	− 0.731	0.016	− 0.853	0.002

SCFA short-chain fatty acid, SFF sterile fecal filtrate, CCL5 C–C chemokine ligand 5, IL interleukin