Table 1.
Overall | SIBO (n = 12) | no-SIBO (n = 27) | P value | |
Age | 53 (41-60) | 55 (41-60) | 57 (43-60) | 0.306 |
Sex (males/females) | 14 (35.9)/25 (64.1) | 2 (16.7)/10 (83.3) | 12 (44.4)/15 (55.6) | 0.095 |
Vitamin K2 intake (μg/d) | 29.5 (8-103.6) | 21.2 (8-49.7) | 31.9 (10.5-103.6) | 0.111 |
Males: 25.7 (8-103.6) | ||||
Females 29.6 (10.4-91.8) | ||||
Framingham risk score | 5.4 (2-8) | 5.5 (2-7) | 5.2 (2-8) | 0.897 |
Males: 5.8 (2-8) | ||||
Females: 6.9 (0-8) |
Data are expressed as median (range) or frequency (%). Comparisons have been performed between SIBO and no-SIBO group. Framingham score was built on age, sex, race, arterial pressure, smoking, diabetes, total blood cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol. SIBO: Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.