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Table 2 Biomarker for gut barrier dysfunction, inflammation and bacterial translocation, Data are shown as median and 95% confidence interval

From: Dysbiosis, gut barrier dysfunction and inflammation in dementia: a pilot study

 

Dementia patients (n = 23)

Controls (n = 18)

p-value

Serum diaminooxidase (U/ml)

20.8 (9.7;29)

11.2 (8.4; 13.8)

0.025

Fecal zonulin (ng/ml)

33.8 (31.2; 57)

55.1 (40.8; 76.7)

n.s

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

5 (4; 11)

2 (1.2;3.4)

n.s

Serum lipopolysaccharide binding protein (μg/ml)

17.9 (16.1; 18.6)

20.0 (14.6; 21.3)

n.s

Soluble CD 14 (μg/ml)

2.4 (1.9; 3.1)

1.8 (1.7; 2.1)

0.022

Fecal calprotectin (ng/ml)

31.5 (26.6; 85.8)

49.0 (18.2; 66.3)

n.s

Endotoxin (EU/ml)

0.26 (0.0; 0.33)

0.25 (0.09; 0.53)

n.s

Peptidoglycana (ng/mL)

0.96 (0.26; 1.66)

0.42 (0.30;1.05)

n.s.

Bacterial DNA (μM)

0.06 (0.00;1.46)

0.7 (0.0; 1.29)

n.s

  1. apeptidoglycan was only measurable in 12% of the samples, therefore median and confidence interval only for the positive samples are shown. CD cluster of differentiation, EU endotoxin units