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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 696-701Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2013.786128
Keywords
celiac disease; dietary fibre; gender; microscopic colitis; SCFA
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- Oresund Food and the Antidiabetic Food Centre, a VINNOVA VINN Excellence Center at Lund University
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Background. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), particularly propionic and butyric acids, have been shown to have many positive health effects. The amount and type of SCFAs formed from dietary fibre by the colonic microbiota depends on the substrate available and is reflected in blood. The total intake and type of dietary fibre in people with gastrointestinal diseases differs considerably from healthy subjects. Objective. To compare fasting SCFA concentrations in subjects with microscopic colitis (MC), celiac disease and controls without these diseases. SCFAs were also analysed over 6.5 h in young healthy subjects, who had eaten a fibre-rich breakfast, to identify a possible peak concentration of SCFAs after a meal. Methods. SCFAs in serum were pre-concentrated using hollow fibre-supported liquid membrane extraction and gas chromatography. Results. The MC group had a higher concentration of valeric acid than the control group (p < 0.01). No significant differences in other SCFA concentrations were seen between groups, but the control group tended to have higher concentration of acetic acid (p = 0.1). Furthermore, males had higher concentrations of SCFAs (with the exception of valeric acid) than females (p < 0.05), which were independent of groups. The peaks for acetic, propionic and butyric acids came approximately 5 h, 6.5 h and 2-3 h, respectively, after breakfast. Conclusion. The fasting concentrations of SCFAs were quite similar, although the fibre intake had probably been quite different for a long time. The results might have been different if SCFAs had been recorded over a longer period.
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