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Table V.

Associations between liver TG concentration and lipid metabolic parameters, gut microbiota and cecal OAs.

	Correlation coefficient, r Liver TG (mg/g tissue)

Parameters	Experiment 1	Experiment 2
Liver
G6PD activity, mU/mg protein	0.763^b	0.769^b
ME activity, mU/mg protein	0.805^b	0.747^b
G6PD expression	0.741^b	0.516^a
ME expression	0.876^b	0.706^b
FAS expression	0.718^b	0.693^b
Serum
Adiponectin, µmol/dl	ND	−0.559^a
Feces microbiota, %
Lactobacillus spp.	−0.569^b	−0.562^a
Bifidobacterium spp.	−0.672^b	−0.317
Clostridium coccoides	0.230	0.793^b
Bacteroides	0.302	0.249
Cecum microbiota, %
Lactobacillus spp.	−0.702^b	−0.739^b
Bifidobacterium spp.	−0.597^b	−0.821^b
Clostridium coccoides	0.212	−0.508^a
Bacteroides	−0.275	0.285
Cecum OAs, µmol/total digesta
Succinate	−0.541^b	−0.099
Lactate	−0.577^b	−0.100
Acetate	−0.490^a	0.044
Propionate	−0.506^a	−0.100
n-Butyrate	−0.376	−0.103

There was significant correlation between parameters

P<0.05

P<0.01. ND, not determined; G6PD, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; ME, malic enzyme; FAS, fatty acid synthetase; TG, triglyceride; OA, organic acid.