Fig. 3From: Fecal microbiota composition is linked to the postoperative disease course in patients with Crohn’s diseaseAssociations between fecal microbiota and postsurgical disease course in CD. Fecal microbiota from CD patients with endoscopic disease relapse (n = 8) and patients with endoscopic disease remission (n = 13) 1 year after ileocaecal resection was analyzed by the GA-map™ Dysbiosis test. a PCA plot of CD patients with disease relapse and patients with remission based on fecal bacterial taxa (X-variables; n = 54). Lines to the centroid, showing the group mean, connect each group. b Cluster analysis of fecal bacterial taxa (n = 54) from CD patients with disease relapse and remission 1 year after ileocaecal resection (n = 21). OPLS-DA scatter plot (c) and loadings column plot (d) of postoperative disease course (Y-variables, i.e., disease relapse vs remission) and fecal bacterial taxa (X-variables; VIP > 1.2; n = 10). Statistically significant differences between study groups are indicated with asterisks in the OPLS-DA loadings column plot (* p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01)Back to article page