Table 3 Summary statistics of fecal sterol concentrations in healthy and YTE dogs.

From: Microbial dysbiosis and fecal metabolomic perturbations in Yorkshire Terriers with chronic enteropathy

  

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

P value

Coprostanol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.06

0.06

0.04

0.01

0.25

0.851

YTE

0.05

0.02

0.04

0.02

0.07

Cholesterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

5.11

3.18

4.50

1.60

14.64

0.740

YTE

5.26

2.93

4.84

1.73

12.00

Cholestanol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.32

0.20

0.25

0.12

0.95

0.067

YTE

0.24

0.20

0.21

0.11

0.90

Brassicasterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.03

0.02

0.02

0.01

0.09

 < 0.001

YTE

0.05

0.02

0.05

0.04

0.10

Lathosterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.03

0.02

0.03

0.01

0.14

0.942

YTE

0.04

0.04

0.03

0.01

0.18

Campesterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.44

0.17

0.41

0.18

0.79

0.021

YTE

0.67

0.31

0.56

0.30

1.31

Stigmasterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.18

0.10

0.16

0.04

0.41

0.942

YTE

0.17

0.09

0.18

0.06

0.35

Fusosterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.06

0.02

0.06

0.02

0.09

0.093

YTE

0.05

0.05

0.03

0.02

0.21

Beta-sitosterol (µg/mg)

Healthy

1.21

0.60

1.26

0.16

2.56

0.239

YTE

1.02

0.77

0.76

0.27

2.84

Sitostanol (µg/mg)

Healthy

0.28

0.29

0.10

0.02

1.03

0.003

YTE

0.11

0.18

0.02

0.01

0.63

TM phytosterols

Healthy

2.17

1.02

2.22

0.45

4.67

0.690

YTE

2.02

1.25

1.82

0.70

4.96

TM zoosterols

Healthy

5.53

3.38

4.86

1.80

15.82

0.740

YTE

5.59

2.99

5.03

2.05

12.43

TM phyto- to zoosterols

Healthy

0.55

0.41

0.47

0.08

1.41

0.443

YTE

0.47

0.41

0.37

0.06

1.48

TM sterols (µg/mg)

Healthy

7.72

3.53

6.36

4.12

18.27

1.000

YTE

7.66

3.20

7.69

3.68

13.23

TM sterols to fatty acids

Healthy

0.33

0.19

0.31

0.10

0.87

0.740

YTE

0.30

0.16

0.26

0.08

0.72

  1. TM, total measured; TM Phyto- to Zoosterols; ratio of total measured phyto- to total measured zoosterols; TM Sterols to Fatty Acids; ratio of total measured sterols to total measured fatty acids; YTE, Yorkshire Terrier enteropathy; SD, standard deviation.
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