Research Article

Gut Microbiota in a Rat Oral Sensitization Model: Effect of a Cocoa-Enriched Diet

Table 5

Correlation between intestinal IgA and microbiota. Pearson’s correlation between intestinal IgA concentration and data from the absolute and relative abundance of phylum and the number of detected species of each phylum (). Statistical difference: (Pearson’s correlation).

Relative abundanceAbsolute abundanceNumber of detected species

Firmicutes
Bacteroidetes
Actinobacteria
Proteobacteria
Cyanobacteria
Tenericutes
TM7
Deferribacteres
Verrucomicrobia

Total 0.500 0.332 0.650