Bile acid dysmetabolism in Bangladeshi infants associated with poor linear growth, enteric inflammation, and small intestine bacterial overgrowth

Figure 3 Compared in the Bangladeshi infants. A: Log transformed secondary conjugated bile acid concentrations were plotted against small intestine bacterial overgrowth area under the curve in the Bangladeshi infants. Small intestine bacterial overgrowth area under the curve is associated with a decrease in secondary conjugated bile acids (β = -1096.68, P = 0.05); B: Log transformed myeloperoxidase were regressed on secondary sulfated bile acid concentrations in the Bangladeshi infants. As myeloperoxidase increases, there is a decrease in the concentration of secondary sulfated bile acids (β = -0.40, P = 0.04). AUC: Area under the curve; SIBO: Small intestine bacterial overgrowth; MPO: Myeloperoxidase.