Table 1.

Clinical laboratory data of all participants

	First day	Seventh day	P value
Acetate, μmol/g	3.7±3.4	7.9±5.6	0.018**
Propionate, μmol/g	0.5±0.4	1.7±1.2	0.004**
Butyrate, μmol/g	2.8±1.6	5.3±2.4	<0.001***
SCFAs, μmol/g (acetate+propionate+butyrate)	6.5±5.4	12.2±8.6	0.01**
BUN, μmol/L	13.3±6.1	10.5±4.5	0.026*
CR, mmol/L	391.7±318.6	189.9±145.2	0.032*

Data are presented as mean±SD.

P value of each group was measured by paired t-test. *P<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CR, creatinine; SCFA, short-chain fatty acid.