Short-chain fatty acids and intestinal inflammation in multiple sclerosis: modulation of female susceptibility by microbial products?

Table 4 Shows the Pearson’s correlation coefficient and respective p values for the correlation between age and fecal SCFA concentrations

	Patients (n = 41)		Controls (n = 35)		All subjects (n = 76)
	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	p	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	p	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	p
Acetate	− 0.128	0.435	− 0.522	0.001	− 0.335	0.003
Propionate	− 0.026	0.874	− 0.483	0.003	− 0.268	0.019
Butyrate	− 0.297	0.297	− 0.480	0.003	− 0.335	0.003
IsoButyrate	− 0.043	0.791	− 0.452	0.006	− 0.279	0.015
Valerate	− 0.088	0.584	− 0.444	0.006	− 0.316	0.005
Isovalerate	− 0.01	0.952	− 0.434	0.009	− 0.275	0.016

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