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. 2021 Dec 15;13(12):2088–2100. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v13.i12.2088

Table 7.

Microbiome comparison in patients with pancreatic disease

Benign pancreatic diseases (n = 16) Pancreatic cancer (n = 9) P value
Bacteroides, %, median (range) 2.1 (0-26.1) 5.8 (0-46.4) 0.17
Bifidobacterium, %, median (range) 0 (0-0.5) 0.48 (0-4.5) 0.03
Clostridium cluster IV, %, mean ± SD 4.0 ± 3.3 3.6 ± 2.9 0.76
Clostridium cluster IX, %, mean ± SD 5.3 ± 3.6 6.4 ± 5.2 0.57
Clostridium cluster XI, %, median (range) 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0)
Clostridium cluster XVIII, %, median (range) 1.4 (0-3.9) 3.0 (0.8-14.9) 0.04
Clostridium subcluster XIVa, %, median (range) 3.8 (0-21.4) 6.0 (2.9-13.7) 0.32
Lactobacillales, %, mean ± SD 68.4 ± 19.3 59.7 ± 20.4 0.3
Prevotella, %, median (range) 4.2 (2.5-20.4) 4.0 (1.5-6.3) 0.3
Others, %, median (range) 2.0 (0-18.3) 0.3 (0-11.0) 0.3