Table 2.

Bacterial phylum detected in fecal samples of hypercholesterolemic individuals and controls.

	Controls (n=30)	Hypercholesterolemic (n=27)	P
% Bacteroidetes	47.72 ± 15.44	50.63 ± 13.97	0.845
% Firmicutes	43.66 ± 15.10	35.57 ± 10.99	0.279
% Bacteria	2.15 ± 3.51	5.83 ± 6.21	0.105
% Proteobacteria	4.99 ± 6.24	5.58 ± 4.53	0.402
% Actinobacteria	0.09 ± 0.24	0.36 ± 0.60	0.025*
% Elusimicrobia	0.66 ± 3.04	0	–
% Fusobacteria	0.11 ± 0.61	0	–
% Cyanobacteria	1.01 ± 0.21	0.19 ± 0,12	0.245
% Lentisphaerae	0.30 ± 1.12	0	–
% Synergistetes	–	–	–
% Euryarcheota	–	–	–
% Verrucomicrobia	0.16 ± 0.50	0.01 ± 0.07	0.199

Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

* P-value <0.05.