Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12® on the lipid/lipoprotein profile and short chain fatty acids in healthy young adults: a randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Correlations between metabolic parameters and short chain fatty acids at all time points^a

	TC	HDL	LDL	N-HDL	TG	TC:HDL	TG:HDL	Glucose	Insulin	HOMA	CRP	Age	BMI	WC
Total SCFAs	-0.22^*	-0.001	-0.24^*	-0.24^*	-0.09	-0.13	-0.05	0.12	0.16	0.16	-0.12	-0.33^**	-0.16	-0.25^**
Acetate	-0.18^*	0.04	-0.24^**	-0.22^*	-0.03	-0.12	-0.004	0.13	0.18^*	0.19^*	-0.14	-0.24^**	-0.16	-0.23^**
Butyrate	-0.27^**	0.01	-0.30^**	-0.29^**	-0.12	-0.17^*	-0.07	0.05	0.08	0.08	-0.08	-0.31^**	-0.18^**	-0.25^**
Propionate	-0.25^**	-0.08	-0.22^**	-0.22^*	-0.08	-0.12	-0.04	0.17^*	0.20^*	0.21^*	0.05	-0.39^**	0.07	-0.10

^aPearson coefficients were used for total SCFAs, acetate, butyrate; spearman coefficients were used for propionate, glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, and hs-CRP; TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; N-HDL, non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-estimated insulin resistance; CRP, C-reactive protein; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference. ^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01

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