Table 3.

Fecal organic acids of each pattern

	Diverse pattern	Single pattern	Depleted pattern	Normal
Total organic acids	76.5 ± 32.1	70.4 ± 55.2	20.3 ± 12.5*#	88.4 ± 21.2
Succinic acid	6.8 ± 9.6	7.9 ± 16.9	0.6 ± 1.3	0.9 ± 1.2
Lactic acid	4.8 ± 9.8	9.9 ± 16.4*	12.4 ± 9.9*	0.5 ± 0.3
Formic acid	1.6  ±  3.2	2.0 ± 3.4	1.0 ± 1.7	0.4 ± 0.3
Acetic acid	9.0 ± 6.9	8.5 ± 10.4	0.0 ± 0.0*#	50.8 ± 13.1
Propionic acid	49.1 ± 21.6	38.3 ± 30.5	6.3 ± 7.2*#	18.7 ± 6.8
Butyric acid	5.4 ± 6.4	3.2 ± 5.4	0.0 ± 0.0*	16.6 ± 6.7
Isovaleric acid	0.8 ± 1.6	0.6 ± 1.3	0.0 ± 0.0	1.4 ± 0.7
Valeric acid	0.1 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.9	0.0 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.4
pH	6.7 ± 1.1	6.6 ± 1.1	7.3 ± 0.7#	6.6 ± 0.3

Values are mean ± SD (μmol/g of feces)

* p < 0.05 versus diverse pattern, ^# p < 0.05 versus single pattern