Table 2 |
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Faecal neutral sterols and bile acids (mg/g dry matter) in elderly healthy volunteers during the basal (2 wks), scFOS (4 wks) and follow-up (4 wks) periods (n = 12, mean ± SEM) |
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Neutral sterols |
Basal period |
scFOS period |
Follow-up period |
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Coprostanol |
9.00 ± 1.40 |
8.29 ± 2.09 |
7.99 ± 1.62 |
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Cholestanol |
0.29 ± 0.11 |
0,13 ± 0.05 |
0.23 ± 0.17 |
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Cholesterol |
2.81 ± 0.94a |
8.18 ± 2.37b |
2.87 ± 0.44a |
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Ketones |
0.27 ± 0.05 |
0.16 ± 0.08 |
0.21 ± 0.06 |
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Total |
12.38 ± 1.15 |
16.75 ± 1.94 |
11.30 ± 1.57 |
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Bile acids |
Basal period |
scFOS period |
Follow-up period |
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Lithocholic |
2.00 ± 0.43 |
1.29 ± 0.29 |
1.26 ± 0.17 |
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Deoxycholic |
1.80 ± 0.35 |
2.58 ± 0.50 |
2.61 ± 0.63 |
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Cholic |
0.46 ± 0.21 |
0.58 ± 0.19 |
0.87 ± 0.24 |
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Chenodeoxycholic |
0.24 ± 0.05 |
0.20 ± 0.04 |
0.30 ± 0.07 |
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Ketones |
1.26 ± 0.30 |
1.52 ± 068 |
1.33 ± 0.19 |
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Total |
5.77 ± 0.66 |
6.17 ± 1.25 |
6.37 ± 1.02 |
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a ≠ b : P < 0.05 |
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Bouhnik et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:42 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-42 |
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