TABLE 4 .
Infant fecal lactate and short-chain fatty acid profiles at baseline (postnatal day 6) and postnatal day 29
| Molecule | Mean (SD) amt in feces (μmol/g of feces) |
Adjusted P valuea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON on: |
EVC001-fed on: |
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| Day 6 (n = 32) |
Day 29 (n = 32) |
Day 6 (n = 34) |
Day 29 (n = 34) |
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| Lactate | 4.39 (5.4) | 7.45 (9.15) | 6.59 (11.2) | 26.04 (14.86) | <0.001 |
| Acetate | 21.12 (8.68) | 25.06 (9.38) | 19.63 (11.44) | 36.29 (11.47) | <0.001 |
| Butyrate | 0.15 (0.51) | 0.51 (0.74) | 0.46 (1.33) | 0.1 (0.21) | 0.014 |
| Formate | 11.68 (3.67) | 11.24 (3.65) | 8.74 (3.92) | 7.25 (3.72) | <0.001 |
| Hexanoate | 0.02 (0.04) | 0.01 (0) | 0.01 (0) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.674 |
| Isobutyrate | 0.06 (0.2) | 0.07 (0.23) | 0.06 (0.14) | 0.05 (0.11) | 0.798 |
| Isovalerate | 0.1 (0.17) | 0.06 (0.02) | 0.1 (0.1) | 0.07 (0.09) | 0.798 |
| Propionate | 0.82 (1.17) | 0.55 (0.67) | 1.57 (2.32) | 1.4 (2.45) | 0.292 |
| Valerate | 0.05 (0.2) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.03 (0.07) | 0.04 (0.18) | 0.798 |
| Total | 38.41 (12.79) | 45 (14.73) | 37.22 (20.84) | 71.41 (20.75) | <0.001 |
a
Comparisons between samples collected at day 29 were made via multiple t tests with the Holm-Sidak correction.