Supplementation of Heat-Treated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum nF1 Changes the Production of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Healthy Infants

Table 4

Linear regression coefficients analyses of differences in the concentration of SCFAs in association with other variables in the HLp-nF1 group.

Variable	Acetate		Propionate		Butyrate
	B	value	B	value	B	value
Sex	22.440	0.173	4.174	0.096	−0.187	0.843
Age	−0.046	0.912	−0.038	0.544	0.019	0.448
Birth mode	14.612	0.372	1.245	0.611	1.094	0.256
Birth weeks	−2.300	0.813	−3.960	0.012	0.294	0.608
Birth weight (g)	0.000	0.994	0.004	0.460	−0.004	0.109
Birth height (cm)	0.307	0.958	−0.555	0.527	0.411	0.234
Birth head circumference (cm)	6.631	0.330	−0.625	0.539	0.439	0.272
Feeding mode	−0.256	0.988	2.347	0.347	−1.430	0.147

B denotes unstandardized regression coefficients. values <0.05 denote statistically significant differences. HLp-nF1, heat-treated Lactiplantibacillus plantarum nF1; SCFA, short-chain fatty acid.