Table 4.
Association between serum-free fatty acids (FFA) levels and gut microbiota composition in healthy controls (HC) and systemic lupus erythematosus patients (SLE).
| HC | SLE) | |
|---|---|---|
| Actinobacteria | r = 0.075 | r = −0.415 |
| p = 0.733 | p = 0.069 | |
| Bacteroidetes | r = 0.721 | r = 0.311 |
| p < 0.0001 | p = 0.182 | |
| Firmicutes | r = −0.574 | r = −0.117 |
| p = 0.007 | p = 0.622 | |
| Cyanobacteria | r = −0.120 | r = −0.401 |
| p = 0.539 | p = 0.080 | |
| Euryarchaeota | r = −0.213 | r = −0.063 |
| p = 0.328 | p = −0.792 | |
| Fusobacteria | r = −0.052 | r = 0.139 |
| p = 0.812 | p = 0.560 | |
| Lentisphaerae | r = 0.272 | r = 0.019 |
| p = 0.210 | p = 0.937 | |
| Proteobacteria | r = −0.158 | r = 0.230 |
| p = 0.471 | p = 0.329 | |
| Tenericutes | r = −0.105 | r = −0.220 |
| p = 0.634 | p = 0.227 | |
| TM7 | r = 0.015 | r = 0.018 |
| p = 0.945 | p = 0.939 | |
| Verrucomicrobia | r = −0.325 | r = 0.209 |
| p = 0.130 | p = 0.376 | |
| Synergistetes | r = −0.211 | r = −0.104 |
| p = 0.334 | p = 0.661 |
The associations between serum FFA levels and the abundance of microbial groups at the level of phyla in HC and SLE patients were analyzed by Spearman ranks tests (r coefficient and p-value is indicated for each parameter). Statistical analyses with a p-value below 0.050 are highlighted in bold.