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. 2016 May;103(5):1291–1300. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.126375

FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 2

Infant fecal SCFA profile at 2 wk according to maternal BMI. SCFAs, markers of colonic fermentation, in infants born to NW (n = 18) and obese (n = 12) women are shown (total SCFAs, P = 0.06; acetate, P = 0.07; propionate, P = 0.53; and butyrate, P = 0.82). In stool samples from infants born to obese women, concentrations of SCFA metabolites were 2-fold higher than those from NW mothers. SCFAs are represented as log (mmol/L per gram of stool) as measured by gas chromatography. Results were derived by using Wilcoxon’s rank-sum test and are presented as a box-and-whiskers plot with outliers indicated by individual points. NW, normal-weight; Ob, obese; SCFA, short-chain fatty acid.