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. 2021 Feb 26;13(3):742. doi: 10.3390/nu13030742

Table 2.

Representation of the median (Q1–Q3) of each FFA percentage in CD, CRC, AP patients and healthy controls. FFA = free fatty acid; HC = healthy controls; CD = celiac disease; AP = adenomatous polyposis; CRC = colorectal cancer.

FFA CRC AP CD HC
Acetic acid 0.31768 (0.17476–0.43413) 0.3204 (0.18718–0.43255) 0.32748 (0.29762–0.37929) 0.81064 (0.75446–0.84983)
Propionic acid 0.00472 (0.00271–0.00774) 0.00356 (0.00256–0.00586) 0.01454 (0.01225–0.01744) 0.02999 (0.02685–0.03777)
Isobutyric acid 0.00909 (0.00546–0.01029) 0.00763 (0.00569–0.01471) 0.01695 (0.01537–0.0226) 0.00615 (0.00372–0.00706)
Butyric acid 0.00038 (0.00026–0.00058) 0.00042 (0.00035–0.00048) 0.01753 (0.01166–0.03449) 0.00897 (0.00639–0.01317)
Isovaleric acid 0.03399 (0.01612–0.04728) 0.02838 (0.02483–0.04788) 0.05703 (0.03606–0.06944) 0.00701 (0.00621–0.00793)
2–methylbutyric acid 0.02959 (0.01603–0.04119) 0.02493 (0.02058–0.0394) 0.03875 (0.02733–0.05085) 0.00517 (0.00375–0.00614)
Valeric acid 0.00032 (2e–04–0.00035) 0.00031 (0.00023–0.00038) 0.0009 (0.00068–0.00113) 0.0026 (0.00226–0.00376)
Hexanoic acid 0.00328 (0.00219–0.00477) 0.00185 (0.00161–0.00219) 0.00444 (0.00303–0.00517) 0.00741 (0.00606–0.01099)
Heptanoic acid 0.00025 (0.00016–0.00029) 0.00024 (0.00018–3e–04) 0.00075 (0.00064–0.00132) 0.00204 (0.0017–0.00311)
Octanoic acid 0.00137 (0.00086–0.03154) 0.03602 (0.00092–0.04563) 0.00409 (0.00278–0.00555) 0.00462 (0.00286–0.00977)
Nonanoic acid 0.00031 (0.00021–0.00035) 0.00021 (2e–04–0.00025) 0.00063 (0.00048–0.00072) 0.00165 (0.00135–0.00246)
Decanoic acid 0.00205 (0.00117–0.02861) 0.02912 (0.00203–0.03822) 0.00509 (0.00409–0.00773) 0.0024 (0.00165–0.0037)
Dodecanoic acid 0.0031 (0.0021–0.00558) 0.00266 (0.00202–0.00473) 0.00943 (0.00584–0.01224) 0.00206 (0.00136–0.00255)
Tetradecanoic acid 0.0195 (0.01432–0.02084) 0.01568 (0.0114–0.02433) 0.02588 (0.02206–0.02976) 0.00406 (0.00253–0.00795)
Hexadecanoic acid 0.40353 (0.31485–0.52113) 0.42495 (0.23516–0.49912) 0.34432 (0.24853–0.36942) 0.06569 (0.05869–0.08501)
Octadecanoic acid 0.09405 (0.06981–0.10899) 0.1013 (0.06261–0.12141) 0.09689 (0.08155–0.11434) 0.02715 (0.01355–0.04519)