Comparison of bacterial quantities in left and right colon biopsies and faeces

Table 3 Pearson correlations between sample types

Bacterial group/study period	Right colon vs left colon		Right colon vs faecal sample		Left colon vs faecal sample
	Correlation coefficient	P value	Correlation coefficient	P value	Correlation coefficient	P value
Akkermansia muciniphila	0.14	0.63	-0.01	0.97	0.36	0.26
Bacteroidetes	0.61	0.02	0.45	0.12	0.17	0.61
Bifidobacterium	0.71	0.01	0.62	0.04	0.81	0.00
Clostridium Cluster IV	0.26	0.39	0.26	0.44	0.17	0.64
Clostridium Cluster XIVab	0.71	0.00	0.54	0.06	0.50	0.09
Collinsella aerofaciens	0.38	0.25	0.63	0.13	-0.87	0.13
Eubacteria	0.19	0.52	0.01	0.97	-0.31	0.33
Enterobacteriaceae	0.38	0.20	0.59	0.03	0.31	0.35
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	0.55	0.04	0.76	0.00	0.28	0.38
Veillonella	0.33	0.46	0.64	0.09	0.46	0.54

Significant correlations (P < 0.05) are designated with bold font.