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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Mar;26(3):570–577. doi: 10.1002/oby.22120

Table 3.

Fermentation variables: SCFAs, pH of cecal contents and GLP-1 active in serum1

Variable Diet OP OR P value (Phenotype) P value (Diet) P value (Phenotype*Diet) Pooled SEM
Acetate (mmol/cecum) LF-LF 0.081 0.045 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.007
HF-HF 0.056 0.038
HF-LF 0.061 0.032
HF-LFRS 0.401 0.095

Propionate (mmol/cecum) LF-LF 0.015 0.009 <0.001 <0.001 <0.0001 0.001
HF-HF 0.010 0.006
HF-LF 0.030 0.004
HF-LFRS 0.049 0.008

Butyrate (mmol/cecum) LF-LF 0.020 0.010 <0.001 <0.001 <0.0001 0.0017
HF-HF 0.014 0.008
HF-LF 0.016 0.007
HF-LFRS 0.127 0.022

pH LF-LF 7.46 7.62 <0.001 <0.001 <0.0001 0.973
HF-HF 7.56 7.57
HF-LF 7.56 7.30
HF-LFRS 5.62 6.90

GLP-1 (pmol/L) LF-LF 0.97 0.89 0.20 0.0083 0.839 0.073
HF-HF 1.15 1.13
HF-LF 0.88 0.99
HF-LFRS 1.66 1.06
1

For all Table 2 variables there were differences (P<0.0125) for four a priori comparisons (OPHF-LFRS vs. OPLF-LF, OPHF-LFRS vs. OPHF-LF, OPHF-LFRS vs. ORHF-LFRS and ORHF-LFRS vs. ORHF-LF).