Impact of preoperative fecal short chain fatty acids on postoperative infectious complications in esophageal cancer patients

Table 3 Correlation between fecal microbiota or organic acids and postoperative infectious complications

	Complication (−)	Complication (+)	p value
	(n = 45)	(n = 10)	p value
Fecal microbiota (log₁₀ cells/g of feces)
Clost. coccoides group	9.46 ± 0.56	8.65 ± 2.35	0.77
Clost. leptam subgroup	9.22 ± 1.38	8.51 ± 2.36	0.3
Bacteroides fragilis group	9.29 ± 1.70	8.71 ± 2.00	0.52
Bifidobacterium	9.80 ± 1.12	9.79 ± 0.67	0.35
Atopobium cluster	9.21 ± 0.74	8.80 ± 1.2	0.23
Prevotella	6.58 ± 2.17	5.94 ± 2.38	0.48
Total Lactobacillus	7.56 ± 0.16	7.43 ± 1.18	0.50
Bifidobacterium breve strain Yakult	8.03 ± 1.23	6.76 ± 2.32	0.11
Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota	6.77 ± 2.17	5.93 ± 2.38	0.27
Fecal organic acid (μmol/g of feces)
Total organic acids	80.9 ± 29.8	56.9 ± 37.0	0.11
Acetic acid	56.0 ± 25.8	36.7 ± 19.6	0.044
Propionic acid	16.0 ± 10.2	9.2 ± 4.8	0.032
Butyric acid	4.5 ± 3.9	2.6 ± 2.2	0.19
Lactic acid	1.3 ± 2.6	2.3 ± 3.4	0.12
Valeric acid	0.88 ± 0.59	0.74 ± 0.28	0.39
Iso-valeric acid	1.34 ± 0.92	0.90 ± 0.32	0.11
Formic acid	0.97 ± 1.5	1.2 ± 1.6	0.57
Succinic acid	2.3 ± 6.0	4.7 ± 8.6	0.67

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