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. 2021 Mar 29;8:613100. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.613100

Table 2.

Fecal SCFA concentrations (mg/g dry feces) before (T0) and after 1 month (T1) of the KD.

T0 T1
Median (IQR) Median (IQR) p
Total SCFA 20.7 (11.0–25.8) 9.3 (5.5–13.9) 0.018
Acetate 8.4 (4–12.2) 2.7 (2.1–5.3) 0.018
Butyrate 4.8 (3.8–6.8) 3.2 (1.3–4.2) 0.018
Propionate 3.4 (2.6–5.2) 2.4 (1.0–3.5) 0.043
Iso-valerate 1.1 (0.4–1.5) 0.6 (0.5–0.7) 0.128
Iso-butyrate 0.6 (0.4–1.0) 0.3 (0.2–0.4) 0.028

Data are expressed as median (interquartile range).