Table 6.
Hypothetical Subject |
LA:DGLA (x1) | Δ6-Desaturase (x2) | Blautia (x3) | Predicted Probability of Zn Adequacy (p) | Estimated Zn Status | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentile | Value (AU) | Percentile | Value (AU) | Percentile | Value (AU) | |||
Subject 1A | 50 | 50 | 50 | 192 | 50 | 0.021 | 0.59 | Mildly Zn deficient |
Subject 1B | 20 | 38 | 50 | 192 | 50 | 0.021 | 0.64 | Minimally Zn adequate |
Subject 1C | 50 | 50 | 80 | 249 | 50 | 0.021 | 0.25 | Moderately Zn deficient |
Subject 1D | 50 | 50 | 50 | 192 | 80 | 0.035 | 0.73 | Minimally Zn adequate |
1 Note that in all these hypothetical scenarios we assume that the data have been standardized relative to a reference experiment.