TABLE 1.
Fecal SCFA concentrations before and during dietary supplementationa
| Groupb | Butyrate |
Acetate |
Propionate |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | During | Change (%) |
P value |
Before | During | Change (%) |
P value |
Before | During | Change (%) |
P value |
|
| Accessible starch (n = 39) |
13 ± 6.1 | 15 ± 8.3 | +13 | 0.18 | 41 ± 17 | 41 ± 16 | 0 | 0.89 | 9.9 ± 6.0 | 9.3 ± 6.5 | −6 | 0.47 |
| Hi-Maize (n = 43) |
9.3 ± 4.1 | 9.7 ± 5.6 | +5 | 0.81 | 37 ± 17 | 33 ± 15 | −10 | 0.20 | 12 ± 15 | 12 ± 13 | +0.3 | 0.81 |
| Potato (n = 43) |
13 ± 6.0 | 16 ± 7.5 | +29 | <0.001 | 48 ± 22 | 58 ± 26 | +21 | 0.0012 | 10 ± 7.7 | 8.6 ± 5.3 | −16 | 0.39 |
| Inulin (n = 49) |
11 ± 6.0 | 13 ± 7.0 | +17 | 0.14 | 38 ± 18 | 41 ± 20 | +8 | 0.077 | 11 ± 10 | 13 ± 15 | +27 | 0.31 |
a
The concentrations of fecal SCFAs (in millimoles per kilogram) (mean ± standard deviation) before and during dietary supplementation. All P values are based on repeated measures ANOVA.
b
The groups were given different dietary supplements. Accessible corn starch was given as a control. The number of individuals in each group is given in the parentheses.