Table 3 Correlations of deconjugated and conjugated fecal estrogens and estrogen metabolites with total estrogen levels in urine and with β-glucuronidase activity, observed species and Shannon index in feces in 29 participants (7 postmenopausal women and 22 men)
Total urine estrogens | Beta-glucuronidase | Observed species | Shannon index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fecal estrogen | R | P-value | R | P-value | R | P-value | R | P-value |
Total, deconjugated | -0.43 | 0.02 | -0.47 | 0.01 | -0.66 | 0.0001 | -0.58 | 0.001 |
Total, conjugated | -0.23 | 0.22 | -0.52 | 0.004 | -0.52 | 0.004 | -0.44 | 0.02 |
Estrone, deconjugated | -0.50 | 0.005 | -0.54 | 0.002 | -0.66 | 0.00009 | -0.59 | 0.0008 |
Estrone, conjugated | -0.32 | 0.09 | -0.48 | 0.008 | -0.44 | 0.02 | -0.36 | 0.05 |
Estradiol, deconjugated | -0.28 | 0.15 | -0.35 | 0.06 | -0.65 | 0.0001 | -0.62 | 0.0003 |
Estradiol, conjugated | -0.11 | 0.55 | -0.37 | 0.05 | -0.37 | 0.05 | -0.34 | 0.07 |
Estriol, deconjugated | -0.41 | 0.03 | -0.45 | 0.02 | -0.55 | 0.002 | -0.44 | 0.02 |
Estriol, conjugated | -0.22 | 0.25 | -0.47 | 0.01 | -0.53 | 0.003 | -0.44 | 0.02 |
16-Epiestriol, deconjugated | -0.32 | 0.09 | -0.28 | 0.15 | -0.52 | 0.004 | -0.43 | 0.02 |
16-Epistriol, conjugated | -0.01 | 0.95 | -0.30 | 0.12 | -0.35 | 0.07 | -0.29 | 0.14 |