Research Article

Enterotype Bacteroides Is Associated with a High Risk in Patients with Diabetes: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Comparison of the four factors in the ET B and ET P.

FactorET BET Pvalue

DAO (mIU/ml)367.75 (223.31, 547.55)258.50 (167.01, 404.86)0.081
LPS (pg/ml)128.88 (89.04, 184.00)88.73 (64.81, 128.83)0.007
TNF-α (pg/ml)58.28 (35.81, 93.76)36.75 (22.01, 87.43)0.047
Age (years)58.61 (49.60, 65.24)52.44 (47.00, 63.82)0.188

. ET B: enterotype Bacteroides; ET P: enterotype Prevotella; DAO: diamine oxidase; LPS: lipopolysaccharide; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-alpha.