Research Article
Altered Profile of Fecal Microbiota in Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Egyptian Patients
Table 3
The mean (or median) ratio of target fecal microbiota in SLE patients and healthy subjects.
| Fecal microbiota | SLE patients (n = 20) | Healthy control (n = 20) | value |
| Firmicutes (%) (mean ± SD) | 28.1 ± 7.3 | 50.1 ± 9.5 | <0.001HS | Bacteroidetes (%) (mean ± SD) | 42.96 ± 10.3 | 29.97 ± 8.6 | <0.001HS | Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio (%) (mean ± SD) | 0.66 ± 0.16 | 1.79 ± 0.59 | <0.001HS | Lactobacillus (%) (median (range)) | 0.95 (0.3–2.0) | 1.7 (0.3–5.2) | 0.006S |
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t-test of significance. Mann–Whitney test for nonparametric data. is statistically significant (S); is highly significant (HS). |